“The Art of Summary”

In “The Art of Summary”, it said that authors argue that in order to accurately summarize a source that it requires “facing two ways at once”. This means to write of what the author is saying while emphasizing what parts of the writing interests you. In smaller words, it means to summarize correctly, but also with your own structure. Also, the “believing game” is mentioned. This is putting yourself in someone else’s shoes to understand their situation. This is important in seeing the arguments and points of views of others. Lastly, list summaries are summaries that list out the authors claims, with failure to center them around a central theme. This is a problem with summarizing because it doesn’t represent your view of the writing, as you are simply listing off things of the author’s point of view.