(5) Summary Writing- What did the writer say? What is this idea about? a summary gives the gist of what an article or book is about, or briefly what someone says. It may about a particular position or way of unkind• (5) Summary Writing- What did the writer say? What is this idea about? • A summary gives the gist of what an article or book is about, or briefly what someone says. • It may about a particular position or way of thinking