In Part 1, I showed you how to make a long
summary by saying a little about each page. In this posting, I will show you
how to make your summary shorter. If your first summary is too long, you can
take away some sentences and words. If your summary is now too short, you can put back
a few words or find new, better words.
Here is yesterday's summary:
Summary
|
# of words
|
When
Lil Peters was a little girl, her father made her learn to shoot
|
14
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When
she went to college, she could shoot better than many men.
|
12
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One
day, Lil learned that her father was killed by a bad guy.
|
13
|
Lil
promised that she would find the man who killed her father.
|
12
|
Garson
Cade and Bunco tried to kill Lil with dynamite.
|
10
|
Lil
was very smart, so she saved herself.
|
8
|
She
then took out her guns and went to find the bad guys.
|
13
|
Lil
found out that Garson Cade was the killer.
|
9
|
This summary is much too
long!
|
91
|
Summary
|
# of words
|
Lil Peters could shoot better than many men.
|
8
|
One
day, Lil learned that her father was killed by a bad guy.
|
13
|
Garson
Cade tried to kill Lil with dynamite.
|
8
|
Lil
saved herself and went to find the bad guys.
|
10
|
Lil
found out that Garson Cade was the killer.
|
9
|
Now the summary is a
little too short
|
48
|
Summary
|
# of words
|
Lil Peters could shoot better than many men.
|
8
|
One
day, Lil learned that her father, a sheriff, was killed by a bad guy.
|
15
|
Garson
Cade, a
gambler, tried to kill Lil
|
8
|
Lil
saved herself and went to find the bad guys.
|
10
|
Lil
found out that Garson Cade was the killer.
|
9
|
Now the summary is just right!
|
50
|
Dynamite is not important, but I know that
her father's job is important. The
sheriff told the gambler to leave town, probably because he cheated many
people.
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This explains why Garson Cade killed Lil's father.
