summarize 3 readings very easy.

just need you to summarize 3 readings should take an hour or less!

Summarizing a text, or distilling its essential concepts into a paragraph or two,
is a useful study tool as well as good writing practice. A summary has two
aims: (1) to reproduce the overarching ideas in a text, identifying the general
concepts that run through the entire piece, and (2) to express these
overarching ideas using precise, specific language. When you summarize, you
cannot rely on the language the author has used to develop his or her points,
and you must find a way to give an overview of these points without your own
sentences becoming too general. You must also make decisions about which
concepts to leave in and which to omit, taking into consideration your purposes
in summarizing and also your view of what is important in this text. Here are
some methods for summarizing:
a. Include the title and identify the author in your first sentence.
b. The first sentence or two of your summary should contain the author?s
thesis, or central concept, stated in your own words. This is the idea that
runs through the entire text–the one you?d mention if someone asked you:
?What is this piece/article about?? Unlike student essays, the main idea in
a primary document or an academic article may not be stated in one
location at the beginning. Instead, it may be gradually developed
throughout the piece or it may become fully apparent only at the end.
c. When summarizing a longer article, try to see how the various stages in
the explanation or argument are built up in groups of related paragraphs.
Divide the article into sections if it isn?t done in the published form. Then,
write a sentence or two to cover the key ideas in each section.
d. Omit ideas that are not really central to the text. Don?t feel that you must
reproduce the author?s exact progression of thought. (On the other hand,
be careful not to misrepresent ideas by omitting important aspects of the
author?s discussion).
e. In general, omit minor details and specific examples. (In some texts, an
extended example may be a key part of the argument, so you would want to
mention it).
f. Avoid writing opinions or personal responses in your summaries (save
these for active reading responses or tutorial discussions).
g. Be careful not to plagiarize the author?s words. If you do use even a few of
the author?s words, they must appear in quotation marks. To avoid
plagiarism, try writing the first draft of your summary without looking back