To help students understand the form and function of a summary and to prepare them to write their own summary paragraphs. Students have read a sample summary (i.e., an abstract of an journal article) ...

To prepare students to write a critical summary for their upcoming essay assignment; to apply note-taking skills previously assigned for homework; to give students practice offering peer feedback; to ...

An industry analysis study and paper generally includes an abstract at the beginning, sometimes confused with an executive summary. The purpose of an abstract is to provide a shorter version of the ...

Business documents -- such as letters, emails, memorandums and reports -- use paragraphs to separate different types of information, arguments and ideas. Paragraphs written in business format are ...

Most students when asked to write a paragraph or two on any stipulated topic begin producing lengthy essays overflowing with details. The practice is like an epidemic in government schools, especially ...

In her 1989 book The Writing Life, Annie Dillard describes a fellow writer who was asked by a student if she thought he might become a writer. “Well, do you like sentences?” the fellow writer said.