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2018 Letter to Shareholders AMAZON-1.pdf

Write a summary of Jeff Bezos’ letter to Amazon investors.

A summary is a short explanation of the main ideas in a text. Learning to summarize is a very important skill. When writing and responding to a text (essay, article, lecture, story, novel, or video), as you are often expected to do in college, you will be expected to summarize what you read, often in the introduction of each essay you write. It takes a careful reading of a text to write a good summary, and writing a good summary will illustrate your level of comprehension of a text.

When you write a summary, you are answering the question, “What was the communication really about?” Summaries vary in length depending upon the purpose of the summary and/or scope of the specific assignment given. A general summary differs from a detailed summary in that fewer supporting details are stated. 

DO:
Report the overall topic right away
Begin with the name of the essay and the author
Write in present tense
Describe the main points covered in the text
Include supporting details as needed depending upon the length and depth of the summary desired
Mention any important conclusions drawn
Use reporting verbs (see list below) to show that these are the author’s ideas, not yours
DO NOT:
include your own opinion about the text
include quotations from the original text
exceed half the length of the original text