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Summarizing

Quiz by Elizabeth Bartlett

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  • Q1
    What should you focus on in a summary?
    the Characters
    the Details
    Everything
    the Main Ideas
    30s
  • Q2
    How long should a summary of one chapter be?
    3-4 words
    1-2 sentences
    1-2 paragraphs
    5-6 sentences
    30s
  • Q3
    True or False: A summary should be written using exact words from the source.
    True
    False
    30s
  • Q4
    Which is the best example of a summary?
    Ice Cream
    Next week Tommy is going to see the dentist. He has a cavity because he ate too much Halloween candy. The dentist said that since it was his first cavity just to be careful. I'm just glad it wasn't me.
    Over the summer I went to Busch Gardens and spent a lot of time with family.
    My dog went crazy last night. First she chased the rabbit clear across the yard. Then she tackled my friend when he got inside. She begged for food all night and barked at the TV for a whole hour.
    30s
  • Q5
    A summary should NOT
    Contain important information
    Be in complete sentences
    Give us a basic idea of what the story is about
    Include every detail
    30s
  • Q6
    Which is the best summary of this paragraph: There were a lot of differences between the Northern states and the Southern states. The North had a lot of industry and the South had a lot of farming. The South depended on the work of slaves to do the farming. The North wanted slavery abolished and the South was very opposed to that happening. Taxes and the size of government were also big issues.
    Taxes and the size of government were also big issues.
    The north was very industrial and northerners were against slavery. The south had more farm and wanted slavery. They depended on slaves for work.
    The north and south had very different ideas about many things.
    The northerners wanted a federal (or national) government in charge. Southerners wanted to fight for states rights.
    30s
  • Q7
    Choose the best summary of this paragraph: General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865, ending the Civil War. Lee said of the terms that Grant had written, “You have been very generous to the South.” The Emancipation Proclamation, in January, 1863, made “freeing the slaves” the focus of the war. Many freed slaves joined the Union.
    When the South surrendered on April 9, 1865 the Civil War finally ended. Both generals shared a common goal of healing for the nation, rather than seeking vengeance.
    The Civil War was fought to freed slaves. Most slaves moved to the North and fought for the Union. They were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.
    General Lee and General Grant did not like each other.
    Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant in Virginia in 1865. Both sides were tired because it had been a long and horrible war.
    30s
  • Q8
    Which of the following is the WORST summary of this paragraph: Some southern states decided they had no choice. They decided to secede, or leave, the United States. South Carolina was the first to leave the Union and form a new nation called the Confederate States of America. Four months later, six other states seceded. They were Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas and Louisiana. Later Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee joined them. The people of these states elected Jefferson Davis as president of the Confederacy.
    When the South split from the Union and became the Confederacy, about 2/3 of the states were left in the Union.
    After South Carolina seceded from the Union, many states followed and formed the Confederacy.
    Jefferson Davis was elected President of the Confederate States of America (made of 11 states).
    The southern states had decided. They were leaving the Union. After South Carolina left so did Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee. Jefferson Davis was the president of this new Confederate States of America.
    30s
  • Q9
    Choose the best summary: The northern states were called the Union. President Lincoln said he would fight to keep the southern states as part of the United States. There were Union forts on Confederate land. The Confederates wanted Union soldiers to leave these forts. In Charleston, South Carolina there was a Union fort called Fort Sumter. The Union soldiers refused to leave this fort, so the Confederates fired cannons at the fort on April 12, l861. This was the beginning of the Civil War.
    There were Union forts on Confederate land.
    The Civil War began on April 12, 1861 with the shots fired at Fort Sumter.
    The Confederates wanted the Union soldiers in the fort off of their land. They could have talked it out, but they decided to shoot at them instead. Those shots started the Civil War on April 12, 1861.
    Shooting at the northerners started the war.
    30s
  • Q10
    If I was going to summarize the Civil War would I...
    include every single battle and each event leading up to those battles.
    look up and name every soldier and include every casualty (death). (Hint: Bloodiest= had the most deaths)
    focus on the major battles, the generals, and the end (victory/defeat).
    write down the exact words from the sources where I got my information.
    30s

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