You can easily summarize a story by answering 5 short prompts.
In the excerpt from Because of Winn Dixie, a summary sounds like this:
* Opal and Miss Franny Block
* wanted friends.
* But the problem was, Opal was new to town, and Franny was the oldest lady in town, so she didn't have any surviving friends.
* So they decided the three of them (including the dog, Winn-Dixie) should all become friends.
* Finally, none of them were lonely anymore.
It tells you the most important things that happened in the book in order, without giving away ALL the details to your reader.
In the excerpt from Because of Winn Dixie, a summary sounds like this:
* Opal and Miss Franny Block
* wanted friends.
* But the problem was, Opal was new to town, and Franny was the oldest lady in town, so she didn't have any surviving friends.
* So they decided the three of them (including the dog, Winn-Dixie) should all become friends.
* Finally, none of them were lonely anymore.
It tells you the most important things that happened in the book in order, without giving away ALL the details to your reader.
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