Read the summary of this passage from Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy. Which detail should be removed?Meg shares her idea that the sisters should get presents for themselves rather than for one another, which is pretty smart. Beth and Amy get excited when they hear a voice agree with Meg.

A summary should include the passage’s important events without adding the writer’s opinion. “The idea is pretty smart” is a judgment about Meg’s idea, not an event or factual detail from the passage, so that detail should be removed.

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