To summarize means to directly quote the main idea.
communicate the main idea with supporting details.
explain the main idea’s significance.
condense the main idea into a few words.

Ihave to find 4 errors in each day of the week diary post. friday today was the last day of the school week so i are happy! mum made pizza to dinner. i really like mums pizzas. we watched a dvd after dinner. it was quite funny but my brother fall asleep on the sofa and didn’t see the end of the movie!

With crack on crack of thunder, zeus let fly a bolt against the ship, a direct hit, so that she bucked, in reeking fumes of sulphur, and all the men were flung into the sea. they came up 'round the wreck, bobbing a while like petrels on the waves. no more seafaring homeward for these, no sweet day of return; the god had turned his face from them. –the odyssey, homer read the passage. then, identify the theme that is supported by the passage. most ships cannot survive a terrible thunderstorm. the ocean is an angry beast that will tame any who try to control it. the gods have the power to control human destiny. men are willing to die to eat the delicious cattle of the gods.

Which story stgory scenario would most likely be a parable