Outlining is a more organized form of note-taking. Learning to outline when reading can help you see how all the ideas are connected to one another and what the writer is really trying to say.
When outlining, you should:
• find and list the main ideas;
• list the supporting ideas;
• include everything important that appears in the reading. Summarizing involves putting the author’s ideas into a very brief form.Summaries are simply shorter versions of the original passages. To summarize a passage,you must thoroughly understand it. Summarizing, therefore, is an aid to reading comprehension.
When summarizing, you should:
• read the passage carefully;
• select the most important information;
• leave out all but the most important details;
• present ideas and information in an organized way. 6. Finish the following incomplete outline of paragraph 1 of the passage “A Hacker Story.” Then reread the whole passage and write a summary of it.
I Outline of paragraph 1
1. Ivanov went to Seattle to land a dream job with Invita.
2. The story goes as follows:
A Invita had promised Ivanov and Gorshkov a job.
B
C
II Summary of “A Hacker Story”
Answer:
I. outline of paragraph 1
1. Ivanov went to Seattle to land a dream job with Invita.
2. The story goes as follows:
A. Invita had promised Ivanov and Gorshkov a job.
B. Ivanov and his fellow partner flew to Seattle.
C. Invita informed them about the job requirements.
II. Summary of “A Hacker Story”
20-year-old Russian hacker Alexey Ivanov was lured to Seattle in hopes of landing a dream job with Invita. At the Seattle interview, Ivanov impressed the interviewers with tales of hacking exploits and demonstrations of his skills. But as he and his Russian colleague were being driven away, they were arrested by FBI agents and were charged with conspiracy, computer fraud, hacking and extortion. The most important gain from the Ivanov case may be the legal milestones marked when courts upheld the right of federal agents to seize evidence remotely, and to charge foreign cybercriminals in U.S. courts. Nevertheless, important cyberlaw questions remain unanswered. The motivations of hackers are psychological as much as financial.
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