How to Summarize

Study techniques. Types of reading / types of text / what is key and what is complementary in an academic textsummarizing: what it is - what it is not / summaries for oneself or for others / four rules of thumb. Paratext, context and cotext. Characteristics of good writing / Actions of reading and writing study texts. How to highlight key ideas: frames /how to organize lists, classifications or definitions: frames / bibliographic references and citations / concept maps.