Write a summary. It should be concise, objective and complete. There are several good reasons for developing good summary skills. Summary writing is an excellent study skill because a summary focuses your attention on the most important elements in material you are trying to learn. Second, writing a summary of your reading assignment will save you from rereading sections of textbooks.
Summaries capture the essence a passage in very little space.
Next, the ability to write a good summary will help you take essay tests. In business and professions, you may often need to summarize a report, an article in specialized journal or newspaper, or the status of a project. Finally, the process of writing a summary requires you to mentally grapple with complex ideas. You become a more powerful thinker, quick to identify essentials and omit nonessentials, capable of precise thought and accurate expression.