We write the main idea briefly, without adding details and needless information. We write main points in summary by rephrasing or changing them into our wordings. A summary is short in length as compared to the original length of the document. We write a summary for time-saving of readers like if reader want to read the article but he has not much time to read the article of 2500 words. Then he will move towards the summary of the article. As the summary is short, simple, and concise so the reader will get easily the idea of the article.

If you are writing a summary of the article, you have to define concise and short information. The length of the summary depends on the length of the articles for example if you have an article of 2500 words you have to write 1/3 part of it. The main objective of the summary is to provide a clear picture of real text to the audience. In summary of the article, we have to restate the main ideas of the topic without explaining examples, background, history, etc.

How to summarize the article?

· Find out the main idea of your topic.

· Find out the main arguments without mentioning any unnecessary examples and reasons.

· Finally, write your summary.

Tips for writing a summary of the article:

If you want to write the best summary of your article fast then you have to follow these guidelines:

1)If you are using a book, notes of the article, take a highlighter with you, and highlight the following things:

· Firstly, highlight the topic sentences of your paragraphs.

· Secondly, find phrases and key points in your article and highlight them.

· Thirdly, highlight the final statement of the article.

· Highlight headings of each paragraph.

2) Outline your topic sequence by watching the structure of your article.

3)Find the source of information like the date of its publication, its publication's place, publisher's name, and author's name, etc.

4)Find the main idea of your article then rephrased it.

5)Write your main points in outline form.

6)Explain major points concisely and simply.

How to write a summary of the article?

You can write a summary of the article easily in the following format which is mentioned below:

Step 1: By following the above guidelines you have to collect all important information, then outline it without considering any example or detail in your outline.

Step 2: Write an introduction to your article topic. Summarize your topic in your introductory part. This paragraph should be consist of in-text citation of the source, information about the author as well as the main idea of the topic. The main idea must consist of the following points:

· Collect important information related to your title.

· Find the date of publication of your article.

· Find the name of the place where this article was published.

· Type of your article like argumentative, literacy, etc.

· Note the arguments that are repeated in your article.

Step 3: After introducing your topic and giving the main idea you have to find out important and repeated arguments. For that purpose, you have to read your article again but this time you have to read it carefully. Read your article for collecting supported arguments. By using the following tips you can identify important arguments in your article:

· Highlight the topic sentence of all paragraphs.

· After finding the topic sentence, you have to write this sentence by using your voice in another rough copy.

· After finishing the highlighting, write these topic sentences in a sequence.

· Now take the main idea of every topic sentence and write it in your own words.

· When you are writing make sure that you are not using the same words, sentence structure as in your original text.

· If there are unimportant details you find in your collecting information then leave it. Don't write this needless information in your summary.

· Try to write your summary as simple and short as possible.

· Your summary should b short but must be understandable.

Step 4: Now write your remaining summary write the thesis statement after completing the introductory part. A thesis statement is the most important part of your summary because a thesis statement is also called the main idea of your article so try to mention it in clear words. As we know that for the support of the thesis statement we need some evidence, arguments. After finding important arguments summarize them in the summary without writing examples. For making your summary more effective use good grammar, punctuations, right spelling, etc.

Step 5: If you are a student and you have to submit a summary of the article to your teacher or you are a professionals writer or whatever you are it is necessary to reread your documents before submitting them. If you an effective summary but your summary consist of many errors like sentence sequence, grammar errors, false pronoun, etc. Then your summary will not be much appreciable. So, try to reread your summary if you find any mistakes in it then edit it. If you are writing a summary on MS word then make sure that you are using the correct format.