SUMMARY PRACTICE
Before summarizing the author’s words, write a signal phrase that signals that someone else’s ideas come next:
1. Include author’s last name
2. Use a verb to provide context for the summary that is:
2. “No woman can call herself free who does not control her own body.” ― Margaret Sanger
3. “The point is not for women simply to take power out of men’s hands, since that wouldn’t change anything about the world. It’s a question precisely of destroying that notion of power.” ― Simone de Beauvoir
4. “Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It's about making life more fair for women everywhere. It's not about a piece of the existing pie; there are too many of us for that. It's about baking a new pie.” ― Gloria Steinem
5. “Patriarchy has no gender.” ― Bell Hooks
Before summarizing the author’s words, write a signal phrase that signals that someone else’s ideas come next:
1. Include author’s last name
2. Use a verb to provide context for the summary that is:
- Interesting (avoid says!)
- Uses the present tense
- Accurate to the author’s meaning or intent
- Examples: Argues, claims, explains, suggests, asks, states...
- Finish with your summary
2. “No woman can call herself free who does not control her own body.” ― Margaret Sanger
3. “The point is not for women simply to take power out of men’s hands, since that wouldn’t change anything about the world. It’s a question precisely of destroying that notion of power.” ― Simone de Beauvoir
4. “Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It's about making life more fair for women everywhere. It's not about a piece of the existing pie; there are too many of us for that. It's about baking a new pie.” ― Gloria Steinem
5. “Patriarchy has no gender.” ― Bell Hooks