Asummary is a statement of a text’s central ideas in one’s? best words, own words, thesis statement, or supporting ideas?

A summary is a statement of a text’s central ideas in one’s own words.

Explanation:

A summary is a shorten idea of a complete piece of work, this could be an entire book, a poem, a speech, etc. The objective of a summary is to communicate the main ideas of the text without all the extra and detailed information. so the reader can have a complete idea to understand what the work is about. When we summarize we don't add our own ideas or thesis we just rephrase the main points.

"a" because he is appealing to logic as oppose to appealing to the audience's emotions.