Practice: Summarize a Source

Using the following guidelines, write an outline summary of the State & Local Energy Report article “Veterans Put to Work Helping Low-Income Families in Colorado”:

  1. Record the authors and title of the source.
  2. Identify the main point and key points made by the writers. Present the main point and key points in the order in which they appear in the source. For each point, briefly describe the evidence provided to back it up.
  3. Clearly credit the authors for any information, ideas, and arguments you include in your summary: use quotation marks for direct quotations, and identify the page from which you’ve drawn a paraphrase or quotation. (See Chapter 19 for guidelines on citing sources.)
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