Multi-Section Summarization Strategy

Three Steps in this Strategy Restate the thesis and support each section. Explore relationships between sections. Pinpoint the critical moments and ideas.

Step 1: Restate the thesis and support each section. Reread your summary and thesis statements for each section to help you remember what you have read.

Step 2: Explore relationships between the sections. After you have reread your statements, compare the sections and identify the connections or relationships between each section. Look for… Cause and effect patterns Sequences of events Steps that lead to something important.

Step 2 Questions What are the relationships between each section? Can you prove the relationships with specific details? What are the relationships that link all of the sections?

Step 3: Pinpoint the critical moments and ideas. Examine the relationships that you have identified. Look for events, changes, or moments that create patterns and sequences that seem to have made a great impact. Determine where the patterns and sequences lead. Identify what the author has revealed to the reader.

Step 3 Questions Where do the relationships lead? Can you prove where the relationship leads with specific details?