Reading Arguments

Summary Quiz for “In Defense of Multitasking”

Question 20.48

1. Read “In Defense of Multitasking” and summarize the selection below. Be sure to put the summary in your own words and to avoid using the sentence structure of the reading selection. Remember that your summary should restate the author’s main idea (or thesis) and that it should include only the author’s most important supporting ideas. When you have completed your summary, “submit” your work.

Here is an example summary of this reading selection:

In his article “In Defense of Multitasking,” Peter Silverman argues that multitasking is a necessity at work because working on one thing at a time causes logjams in workflow for others. Multitasking allows others to get crucial information when they need it, and it gives the multitasker a break from difficult tasks when he or she needs one. Multitasking is especially important for those with a large number of subordinates.

Your summary will differ from this one in the way it is written, but it should include roughly the same information.