How to write Summary and Theme

Key Notes on Summary

 

In summary, the original text is usually cut to about one-third. The summary is what the story / passage /poem is about without the reader having to go into elaborate details. In summary, a student should mention only the main ideas/main action without examples, repetitions, and quotations.

Though there is no certain clear instruction about the size of the summary, it is expected that to write the main ideas or summary of any given topic, there should not be more than 5/6 sentences.

Summary writing with the exact sentences from the original passage has been discouraged. In writing summary, students must note the important point of the beginning, middle and last portion of the passage. There should be an introductory as well as a concluding sentence of the summary.

No need to give a title of the summary. The summary must not be written with the number or bullet point. In a short, a summary should be a small passage of 5/6 sentences containing the main idea of the original passage.

Key Notes on writing of Theme of poem/story 

While appreciating a short story or a poem, the students will find out the theme only. Writing the theme of a poem or story means writing the underlying message (central idea) of the same. The theme will tell us the underlying message of the poem or story.

How does the poem or story or any piece of writing relate to life?

In other words, what critical belief (idea) about life is the author trying to convey in the writing of a novel, play, short story, or poem. Theme writing generally refers to the central idea or a perception conveyed in writing. Theme explains the reason why it was written.