A good summary of an informational text must
bc)
include all the details that the text contains about its subject.
state, in the student's own words, only the most important ideas.
evaluate whether the text's author covered the subject matter well.
use phrases and sentences taken directly from the original author.

What does the word subordinate mean in this sentence? the office manager spoke to her subordinate in a cordial tone.

Romeo and juliet have fallen in love, even though their families despise one another. based on the excerpt, what are the two main purposes of this prologue?

Read the excerpt from the dark game: true spy stories from invisible ink to cia moles. yet, by the time robert e. lee surrendered to ulysses grant at appomattox, virginia, some four years later, about 620,000 soldiers had died on the battlefields, more than american battle deaths in all other wars from the revolution through the vietnam war. what is the author’s primary purpose for including this detail? to inform readers about the differences between three military conflicts to persuade readers of the seriousness of the american civil war to entertain readers with tales from behind the lines of battle to encourage readers to visit battlegrounds in appomattox, virginia