Eng 060-100 10/08/09 Summary Informal Outline Thesis Statement: Paintball birthday parties are bad for kids. Support 1: Release of liability contract Support 2: Injuries to kids while playing Support Point 3: Cost Summary: Birthday” “Trigger-Happy (The footnotes in the essay given in the column on the left are explained in the column on the right.) In the first sentence of her Summary, the student writer writes down the title and author 1The of the story she is summarizing (“The essay Birthday,” Birthday,” written by Kiku “Trigger-Happy written by Kiku Adatto, Adatto”). It’s critical that you begin each 2is about proving that Summary you write by giving this information. childhood is changing Without it, the reader has no context for your in modern America, Summary and is lost from the start. and that paintball Also in the first sentence, the student writer birthday parties are gives the Thesis Statement of the essay bad for kids.3 Adatto (“paintball birthday parties are bad for describes her kids”). Bringing the Thesis Statement to the experience when she attention of your reader is also critical to took her twelve writing an effective Summary. That’s because the Thesis Statement guides or organizes the old son to a paintball supporting detail in the essay, and, similarly, birthday party. 4aShe guides which supporting detail you’ll choose is upset to find that to include in your Summary. In other words, before her son can the Thesis tells you which detail is important play the game, she and which detail can be left out. After all, you must sign a release of are not copying the author’s work, you are summarizing it. liability contract, stating that the It is common in a short Summary to combine company who owns the introduction with the Thesis Statement in the paintball facility is one sentence as our student-writer has done: not responsible for (Introduction) essay “The “Trigger-Happy any injury to her son, Birthday,” written by Kiku Adatto, is about
Eng 060-100 10/08/09 Summary Informal Outline Thesis Statement: Paintball birthday parties are bad for kids. Support 1: Release of liability contract Support 2: Injuries to kids while playing Support Point 3: Cost Summary: “Trigger-Happy Birthday” (The footnotes in the essay given in the column on the left are explained in the column on the right.) 1The Birthday,” written by Kiku Adatto, 2is about proving that childhood is changing in modern America, and that paintball birthday parties are bad for kids.3 Adatto describes her experience when she took her twelve son to a paintball birthday party. 4aShe is upset to find that before her son can play the game, she must sign a release of liability contract, stating that the company who owns the paintball facility is not responsible for any injury to her son, In the first sentence of her Summary, the student writer writes down the title and author of the story she is summarizing (“The essay “Trigger-Happy Birthday,” written by Kiku Adatto”). It’s critical that you begin each Summary you write by giving this information. Without it, the reader has no context for your Summary and is lost from the start. Also in the first sentence, the student writer gives the Thesis Statement of the essay (“paintball birthday parties are bad for kids”). Bringing the Thesis Statement to the attention of your reader is also critical to writing an effective Summary. That’s because the Thesis Statement guides or organizes the supporting detail in the essay, and, similarly, guides which supporting detail you’ll choose to include in your Summary. In other words, the Thesis tells you which detail is important and which detail can be left out. After all, you are not copying the author’s work, you are summarizing it. It is common in a short Summary to combine the introduction with the Thesis Statement in one sentence as our student-writer has done: (Introduction) “The essay “Trigger-Happy Birthday,” written by Kiku Adatto, is about old
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