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GCSE English Language · key term
A brief account of the main ideas or relevant information in a text, expressed mainly in your own words.
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Paper 1, Paper 2
Revise: Summary and synthesisA summary gives the important ideas or information from a text without reproducing everything in it. Before writing one, ask what the passage is mainly about and what your task requires you to select.
A focused account of the relevant information and ideas in a text or texts, expressed mainly in your own words.
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Paper 2
A brief account of the main ideas or information, leaving out less important details.
Revise: Paper 2 Question 7a: synthesisA summary condenses information from one text. Synthesis goes a step further: it joins information from two texts under a shared point. Instead of giving one account of Text 1 followed by another account of Text 2, you bring matching details together.
Paper 1, Paper 2
A brief account of the main ideas or information in a text, leaving out less important detail.
Revise: Paper 1 Questions 1 and 4: finding informationA summary selects the main idea and leaves out minor details. Sandow’s extract centres on strength as an important, widely attainable form of well-being, although results differ. Blaikie’s centres on making school physical education compulsory, effective and accountable so that it establishes lasting healthy habits.
A concise account of the main ideas or information relevant to a particular focus.
Component 2
A shortened account of the main relevant ideas or information in a text.
Revise: Component 2 Question 15: drawing details from both textsYou are not writing two complete summaries: you are selecting what each text says about the particular subject in the question. Nor are you comparing the writers’ methods. Two short, clearly labelled accounts can form a successful synthesis.
