Summary Vs. Analysis

 A summary is a piece of work that takes what is written and compresses it down 
to the main elements and point, there fore giving the main idea without having 
to go into great detail.It is a blunt account that helps the reader to 
understand the story or event. It also lets you or others know your 
understanding of the occurrence. When writing a summary you have to first look 
for the most critical point and ideas that will help you pull the main idea 
together. To have a good summary you should be giving an objective outline of 
the entire event in logical order. A summary needs to answer theses questions, 
what is the main ideas, where did it take place, when did it take place, and who 
did what. Although summarizing is taking all the key point and putting them 
together to tell the story or event in fewer words, there should not be direct 
paraphrases. A summary needs to be generated by your own words but not your own 
ideas or opinions. Dissipate the fact that you want to bring out the elements of 
the story, using examples and information in which is not relevant to the 
chronicle as a whole should not be used. Simply rearranging or using a surrogate 
word from the original text is not all it takes. When writing a summary a 
conclusion is not necessary but if the original information ends with a message 
to the reader it needs to be conveyed to the browser of the summary. Although 
summarizing can be very useful there are other types of writing styles that can be 

substituted. One of which is writing a literary analysis a piece of work.

       Analysis is another option you can do besides summary.Analysis is evaluation, 

interputation, and reading between the lines. Analysis is taking 

apart its pieces and then examine the elements. Somepeople would believe this is the

step before arguement. For example, relationships trends patterns, can all be analyed.

Analysis is also inference. You need to so some investigation and inferences on your own.

       Between analysis and summary it can be very difficult in understanding both of these. 

This is because they are so much alike. The one thing that makes summary differnet then 

annalysis is that summary is the events that happen in the story while analysis requires you 

to critical think. 

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