План пересказа "A short summary of the texts"

A short summary of the texts.

Use the following plan:

The plan for

rendering the text/story

Some expressions to be

used while rendering

1. The title of the text

The title of the text (story, article, extract)

is …

2. The author/writer of the text

The author of the text is …

The text is written by …

3. The main idea of the text

The main idea of the text is …

The text is about …

The main character is …

The article is devoted to …

The story deals with …

4. The contents of the text (some

facts, names, figures, dates)

a) The author starts telling the readers

(about, that) …

b) The author writes (states, stresses,

thinks, points out) that …

The text describes …

c) According to the text …

Further the author says that …

The text goes on to say …

d) In conclusion …

The author comes to the conclusion that …

5. Your opinion of the text

I found the text interesting (important,

informative, cognitive, of no value, too

hard to understand) …