Summarizing Text Quick Check
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Question
Which statement describes a benefit of summarizing a text?(1 point)
Responses
Summarizing provides a highly detailed description of the text.
Summarizing provides a highly detailed description of the text.
Summarizing helps you learn more about the topic of a text.
Summarizing helps you learn more about the topic of a text.
Summarizing allows you to express your own opinions.
Summarizing allows you to express your own opinions.
Summarizing can improve your comprehension of a text
Summarizing helps you learn more about the topic of a text and can improve your comprehension of the text.
Which element should be included in a summary of a text?(1 point)
Responses
the central ideas
the central ideas
interesting metaphors
interesting metaphors
other texts on the same topic
other texts on the same topic
the reader's conclusions
the central ideas
How is a summary different from a book review?(1 point)
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A book review includes the most important details in the book, while a summary includes only the main ideas.
A book review includes the most important details in the book, while a summary includes only the main ideas.
A book review may include the opinions of the person writing the review, while a summary should not include opinions.
A book review may include the opinions of the person writing the review, while a summary should not include opinions.
A book review includes ideas in the writer's own words, while a summary copies quotations directly from the text.
A book review includes ideas in the writer's own words, while a summary copies quotations directly from the text.
A book review includes the opinions of others that have read the book, while a summary includes only the opinion of the person writing it.
A book review may include the opinions of the person writing the review, while a summary should not include opinions.
Which description is the best definition of a summary?(1 point)
Responses
a brief, objective statement of the central ideas of a text
a brief, objective statement of the central ideas of a text
an essay presenting an opinion about a text
an essay presenting an opinion about a text
a collection of important quotations from a text
a collection of important quotations from a text
a review of a range of opinions about a text
a brief, objective statement of the central ideas of a text
How can an igneous rock turn into a sedimentary rock?(1 point)
Responses
through erosion, pressure and cementation
through erosion, pressure and cementation
through erosion, heat and pressure
through erosion, heat and pressure
through cementation, pressure and erosion
through cementation, pressure and erosion
through heat, erosion and pressure
through erosion, pressure, and cementation
Which is needed to turn an igneous rock or sedimentary rock into a metamorphic rock?(1 point)
Responses
freezing and cementation
freezing and cementation
melting and cooling
melting and cooling
erosion and deposition
erosion and deposition
heat and pressure