ESSAY: SUMMARIZING A FORMAL ESSAY One of the keys to understanding a formal essay is picking out its main idea. Writing a summary is a good way to practice this skill. For this project, you'll summarize a formal essay. OBJECTIVES Summarize a formal essay. Instructions: Choose a formal essay and summarize it in the box below. Remember these points of a good summary: The topic sentence includes the main idea. The summary is clear and concise. The summary is about one-fourth to one third the length of the original. It expresses the author's ideas, not a private interpretation. Be sure to name the essay, its author if available, and where you found it (book title and author/editor, magazine title and date, etc)

With this 3 questions ! really need them right! 1. the first continental congress met in philadelphia on september 5, 1774. all of the colonies sent representatives except georgia. this congress continued in session until october 26, 1774. by then it had passed resolutions calling for a boycott against british trade. the author's main purpose was a. to inform b. to persuade c. to instruct d. to give an opinion 2. identify the point of view of each of the following passages. "my second mate was a round-cheeked, silent young man, grave beyond his years, i thought; but as our eyes happened to meet i detected a slight quiver on his lips. i looked down at once. it was not my part to encourage sneering on board my ship. it must be said, too, that i knew very little of my officers." (joseph conrad, "the secret sharer") a. first person b. third person limited c. third person omniscient d. none of the above 3. identify the point of view of each of the following passages. "he had only himself to in his choice: his fortune was his own; for as to frank, it was more than being tacitly brought up as his uncle's heir, it had become so avowed an adoption as to have him assume the name of churchill on coming of age. it was most unlikely, therefore, that he should ever want his father's assistance. his father had no apprehension of it." (jane austen, emma) a. third person omniscient b. third person limited c. first person d. none of the above