WHAT IS A SUMMARY?
A summary is a restatement of the main ideas of an article or passage of text. Summaries are composed in your own words and demonstrate your ability to understand what you have read, to locate the important ideas in the reading, and to communicate those ideas to someone else.
THE ASSIGNMENT
You need to carefully and critically read the article provided. You then need to compose a no more than 1 page summary that
• Clearly identifies the article you are summarizing by title and author
• Clearly states the overall main point of the article in one sentence in your own words
• Briefly provides the necessary supporting points of the article in your own words
• Correctly cites the source in APA format with in-text citations and a References section at the end of the paper
FORMAT
Your summary should be in essay format, using complete sentences and paragraphs. Any material taken word for word from the article must be in quotation marks and cited with a parenthetical citation that includes authors' last names, publication date, and page number.
ARTICLE
Callahan, D. (2004) The cheating culture: Why more Americans are doing wrong to get ahead. Orlando: Harcourt.
Understanding the text
1. Why do you suppose Callahan pairs an example of cheating in the blue collar world (sear auto repair shops) with examples in the white collar world (top law firms)?
2. The last seven paragraphs of the Callahan excerpt are devoted to the history behind today's cheating in business. Summarize that history in one paragraph.
Reflection and Response
3. Are the blue color and white collar examples used by Callahan truly parallel instance of cheating? Make your case.
4. Here is a memory that a student retold in a paper:
"How does this look on me? Be honest." She walks out of the dressing room, and I hope she has not seen the look of honor that just flashed