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Paragraph n° Purpose 1 2 3 4 a. gives important background information about earthquakes b. explains what will be tested and how c. introduces the subject and purpose of the project d. explains how the project may be useful Once you are sure that you have fully understood the text, you can move on to step 2: Think of all the academic summaries you have written. What have you used them for? Were all of them equally long? If you have created summaries as a personal study tool, you have probably included the most important ideas with important details you need to learn; perhaps you have done research and have used two- or three-line sentences to remember what each useful source is about if you need to use it; or else, you have written a longer summary to show your professor what you have understood and what you think of a source. As you can see, summaries can vary in length and format depending on the purpose and the audience. Source: Burns, W. (2014). Inside Writing Intro Student Book: The Academic Word List in Context. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Provided below are 4 different summaries for the original text presented earlier. Read them and then complete the table at the bottom of this page. Compare and discuss your choices with a partner. Analyzing the content of a summary 174 02 Determine the purpose and audience of your summary The topic of the research is ozone gas and how it may help in predicting earthquakes. Ozone is a natural gas. Ozone gas may be released when rocks break before an earthquake. Earthquakes are caused by plates moving against each other at fault lines, or the edges of plates. Plates are large pieces of ground that move very slowly over time. The surface of the Earth is made up of 12 plates. The plates rub against each other. Sometimes two pieces get attached, which crates pressure. This causes a couple of things to happen. First, it can break underground rocks. Second, it will lead to an earthquake. Ozone gas may be released by the breaking rocks. Measuring the ozone gas rising from underground could predict an earthquake. The theory is not proven yet. To test it, the research team will measure ozone gas near fault lines with special devices. To prove this theory, the ozone gas levels must rise just before an earthquake. Summary 1 Source: Burns, W. (2014). Inside Writing Intro Student Book: The Academic Word List in Context. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.