Read "Don't Eat Before Reading This" by Anthony Bourdain and write a brief summary. In the first sentence identify the author, the title, in quotation marks, and the main idea, in your own words. Then state the key points, again in your own words, in the following sentences. Make sure your summary is complete, in that it includes all the important points; accurate, in that it reflects exactly the points in the essay; and brief, in that it excludes unessential information.

n arraignment is not a hearing to determine guilt or innocence. it is usually a criminal defendant's first appearance in court 

in my opinion i think it was not excessive at all. the maids turned against the queen in his absence, how could he ever trust them again? if he let them go they would surely spread the news of the suitor's deaths, which is much too risky. as for the suitors, they were selfish, rude, and greedy. the god's had apparently marked them for death, meaning odysseus made their death come faster.

i have identified the gerund in this sentence by writing it in all capitals.

gerund phrase: writing it in all capitals

gerund use: object of preposition