Summary Checklist

1.  ______   The first sentence includes the author's name, the title of the work, and where the work originally appeared in print.

2.  ______    The summary quickly identifies the author's main claim or thesis.

3.  ______   The summary covers all the author's sub-points.

4.  ______   The summary keeps giving credit to the author throughout the work by using phrases like "Powers argues" or "Falstrom           contends that," etc.

5. _______  There is no plagiarism in the summary.

6. _______  The summary is as objective as possible.  (You haven't slipped in your opinion accidentally).

7. _______  The summary is no longer than 200 words. 1