Excerpt from Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift

Identify which details are most important or less important for an objective summary of the excerpt.

I saw our men already got into the
boat, and rowing for life to the ship.
I observed a huge creature walking
after them in the sea, as fast as he
could . . .
and I walked alone about a mile on
the other side, where I observed the
country all barren and rocky.
I found it fully cultivated . . .
I durst not stay to see the issue of the
adventure; but ran as fast as I could
the way I first went . . .

Identify which details are most important or less important for an objective summary of the excerpt.

I saw our men already got into the
boat, and rowing for life to the ship.
I observed a huge creature walking
after them in the sea, as fast as he
could . . .
and I walked alone about a mile on
the other side, where I observed the
country all barren and rocky.
I found it fully cultivated . . .
I durst not stay to see the issue of the
adventure; but ran as fast as I could
the way I first went . . .