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SUMMARY OF SCHOLARLY ARTICLE

Purpose: To summarize the content of a scholarly article using the Active Reading Strategies in Writer’s

Help, read the article to be summarized. Complete the GUIDELINES FOR WRITING SUMMARIES in the blue

box on pages 7 and 8 of Writing and Reading Across the Curriculum for each article.

Thesis: The thesis of your summary should be a summary of the original article’s thesis in your own words.

Length: 1 to 1 ¼ pages

Format: Follow the conventions of MLA, APA, CMS, CE, or your chosen method of documentation.

Remember:

 Include the title of the article and the author’s name in the first or second sentence of your

summary.

 Do not include everything from the original article but DO include everything that is important.

 A summary is a brief restatement of the original text.

 The summary should comply with the conventions of your selected documentation style.

 The summary should contain in-text citations that reference where the information you summarized

was found in the article.

 The summary should be followed by a works cited, reference page, etc., as defined by your

selected documentation style.

 Do not include your opinion or commentary about the article or its contents in the summary.