How to Summarize The steps for summarizing a passage are:

Read, re-read and research the source until you understand it
Break the piece into chunks
Write a bullet point, in your own words, that conveys the main idea of each chunk
Put the original source away
Compose a paragraph that includes all of the key points in your own words
Return to the original and check your work for accuracy, brevity and coverage (did you report all of the key points accurately and briefly?)
Sample.
Compose a one paragraph summary of Linda Wasmer Andrews' "Kitchen Therapy: Cooking Up Mental Well-Being
link: https://www. psychologytoday. com/us/blog/minding-the-body/201505 /kitchen-therapy-cooking-mental-wel l-being

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

the correct answer is the following.

one of the groups i belong to is the boy scouts. this is a problem-solving group because it has tasks that we need to solve in order to other people in different activities such as the rescue of lost pets, or elder people in need.

the other group i belong to is kids pro environment, and is an information-sharing group that tries to create conscience about the risks and problems that generate pollution in our cities. we share information to other students and parents on the importance of keep our communities clean and our skies clear.  

the answer is b, it brings the reader closer to the action.

it would've been a if the word had been determined, not conceited

hope this

-ironwolfx