Why do people summarize texts? Check all that apply. to condense a longer textto criticize an author’s ideasto restate an author’s exact wordsto take concise notes about a textto show that they understand a textto capture an author’s most important ideas

A summary condenses a longer text by focusing on its most important ideas. People also summarize to make concise notes and to demonstrate that they understand what they read. Criticizing an author’s ideas is evaluation, not summarizing, and repeating the author’s exact words is not the goal of a summary.

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