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And here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by the growth of

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characters although some characters like Alice take the idea a bit too literally [Alice eating in a field and grows taller]

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If you're asked to provide a summary of a story what do

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you need to do and here the potential answers..... Hmm we're asked to

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put together a summary and what do we need to do here people you need to, you know

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besides cry, tear our hair out, procrastinate and distract ourselves [Girl procrastinating]

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with video games well actually providing a summary isn't a big deal it certainly

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isn't worth hiding in your closet and hoping no one finds you.. A summary is [Boy hiding in the closet from his Mother]

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just a breakdown of key points really something that quickly and briefly tells

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the reader everything they need to know about the significant events, characters

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and actions that take place in this story it's like that little blurb on the [Alice in Wonderland book opens]

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inside cover of a book or trailer of a movie except that it doesn't hold out on

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giving away the ending or anything else is particularly juicy.. So which of our answer

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choices mirrors that idea... A; explaining characters growth through the story well

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while understanding how a character grows and changes is important it's not [Alice growing tall through the clouds]

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the entire focus of a summary otherwise the summary for a christmas carol might

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be Ebenezer Scrooge realizes that money isn't everything and becomes a better

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overall dude well great, but no mention of the ghost of Christmas past [Characters appear in Scrooge book]

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present future no Marley in his chains, no Cratchit, no Tiny Tim we're kind of

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missing some major elements of the story here and while a summary shouldn't be

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long it does need at least to touch on all the big stuff so no to A..Option B [Girl holds a long list of summary points]

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explain the main characters problems and victories well that has the same

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problem we're not just concerned with the main character in a summary we're [Man stood beside a cabinet]

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concerned with anyone who gets a lot of page time.. Answer D explain how a

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theme happens over the course of this story well same deal covering the theme

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is great but there needs to be more options C nails it give an outline of the

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main event characters and problems.. Yep the good summary needs all of the above

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no picking and choosing so there's our answer of course if a problem like this

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has ever given you trouble we can only shrink it down to a more manageable size [Girl holding a long list and shrinks to a small piece of paper]

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you'll need the drink me potion for that though

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