Writing Workshop: Summary

Question 1

Paraphrase the central idea. Use third-person.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

the central idea and details in your own words. Olaudah seeing the slave ship. Olaudah’s fear in the supporting details.

Question 2

Paraphrase the supporting details.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

I need more time to think about this question.

Question 3

Read these two summaries. Which is the more objective summary?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Olaudah Equiano was terrified when he first saw the slave ship. His fear of the future was so horrible, he passed out cold. He knew by looking at his captors that he was never going to get home again. Because they looked so different than he and the other enslaved people looked, he knew what his future held. Even the conditions aboard the ship were horrible. The smells were awful and made Olaudah Equiano feel sick. When he refused to eat, he was beaten.

Question 4

What about this summary makes it objective? Check the three best answers.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The language doesn’t include the writer’s reactions or judgments.; The language includes only the emotions that Olaudah Equiano described.; The writer avoided using loaded language.

Question 5

Question 6

Revolt · Accepted Answer

In The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Equiano recounts being kidnapped as a child in Africa and separated from his family. He describes the fear and cruelty of the Middle Passage and the many hardships he faced while enslaved and sold to different owners. Through work at sea, he gained experience and learned to read, while saving money to buy his freedom. After becoming free, Equiano traveled and used his writing and public speaking to describe the horrors of slavery and urge people to oppose it.

Question 6

Paraphrase the central idea.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The speaker realizes he has been captured and faces enslavement, and he is overcome with horror and despair.

Question 7

Check that you’ve used your own words and:

Revolt · Accepted Answer

pointed out that the captors look different.; noted that Olaudah’s fear causes him to faint.

Question 8

Paraphrase the central idea.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

The speaker feels hopeless and terrified as he suffers aboard the ship.

Question 9

Paraphrase the supporting details.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

He sees no hope of returning home, is forced below deck in foul-smelling conditions, becomes too sick to eat, and is beaten after refusing food.

Question 10

Check that you’ve used your own words and:

Revolt · Accepted Answer

noted his harsh treatment and environment.

Writing Workshop: Summary Answers

More from this Course

TRY EDGENUITY HACKS