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Why is voice important in a summary? A. To ensure the reader knows your personal styleB. To make it sound persuasiveC. To clearly separate your phrasing from the original author’sD. To show emotional connection to the material

Decide if the following student summary accurate. Original Rhythm and blues is a form of black popular music dating from the 1940s and extending into the late 1960s and 1970s when it became known as “soul music.” It is the main force linking black popular music with rock ‘n’ roll, rock, and other popular styles. R & B, as it is also called, is derived from earlier forms, especially the blues, the dominant mode of vocal and instrumental music among rural blacks during the early years of the 20th century. Another prime influence was black gospel music, which helped shape the style of performance and contributed to the tendency toward group singing, which persists. Emphasis on pronounced rhythms suitable for dancing is reflected in its name. Student Summary Rhythm and blues is a type of black popular music heavily influenced by blues, rock ‘n’ roll, and gospel. It originated in the 1940s and became known as soul music in the 1960s and 1970s. Because of its defined rhythms, this music inspired singing groups and dancers.

What would be considered an interpretive error in a summary? A. Including a minor detailB. Slightly misrepresenting the author’s stanceC. Using academic dictionD. Omitting the date of publication

What is the author’s main idea?

Answer the reading comprehension questions on pp. 88-89. Capitalize the letter and do not use any punctuation after. 4.

The purpose of a summary is to critique the original text.

Reading Comprehension Questions Supporting Details 4.

Directions: Read the following textbook excerpt and answer the questions that follow. 1          A steady stream of cars and pedestrians jammed the streets around the Holt Street Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. By early evening a patient, orderly, and determined crowd of over 5,000 African Americans had packed the church and spilled over onto the sidewalks. Loudspeakers had to be set up for the thousands who could not squeeze inside. After a brief prayer and a reading from the Scripture, all attention focused on the twenty-six-year-old minister who was to address the gathering. “We are here this evening,” he began slowly, “for serious business. We are here in a general sense because first and foremost we are American citizens and we are determined to apply our citizenship to the fullness of its means.” 2          Rosa Parks, a seamstress and well-known activist in Montgomery’s African American community, had been arrested and put in jail for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger. Montgomery’s black community had long endured the humiliation of a strictly segregated bus system. The day of the mass meeting, over 30,000 African Americans had answered a hastily organized call to boycott the city’s buses in protest of Parks’s arrest. 3          Even before the minister concluded his speech, it was clear to all present that the bus boycott would continue for more than just a day. By the time he finished his brief but stirring address, the minister had created a powerful sense of communion. “If we are wrong, justice is a lie,” he told the clapping and shouting throng. “And we are determined here in Montgomery to work and fight until justice runs down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.” Historians would look back at Montgomery, he noted, and have to say, “ ‘There lived a race of people, black people, fleecy locks and black complexion, of people who had the moral courage to stand up for their rights.’ And thereby they injected a new meaning into the veins of history and civilization.” 4          The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., made his way out of the church amid waves of applause and rows of hands reaching out to touch him. His speech catapulted him into leadership of the Montgomery bus boycott, and it also proved him to be a prophet.                                     —Faragher, Buhle, Czitrom and Armitage, Out of Many, pp. 520-21 9. Of the following statements based on the selection, the one that is an opinion is: Loudspeakers were set up for those who could not fit inside the church. Rosa Parks was jailed for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger. The bus boycott would continue for more than just one day. Dr. King’s speech proved him to be a prophet.

Reading Comprehension Questions Central Point and Main Ideas 2.

Write a summary of “Alcohol” in no fewer than seven but no more than eight sentences in your own words. Please do not copy any material from the text. Your summary must be written entirely in your own words.