Summarize the following:
Read through all of the material that you are using for your critical analysis. Highlight, underline, or make notes about important passages as you go. Look up any words, concepts, and other information that you don’t understand.  You may need to read the text more than once, especially if it is dense or complicated. As you read the text, consider what about it is important, worthwhile, useful, relevant, controversial, or valid. As you read the text, determine what the author is arguing for or against. Identify their thesis and underline or highlight it. A thesis statement often appears in the first 1 to 2 paragraphs of an essay. The thesis is usually a single sentence that explains the author’s argument. It might be easier to find the thesis in an academic article than in a creative work, movie, or painting. If you’re critiquing a work of fiction or creative nonfiction, in either written form or film form, identify one of the main themes of the story instead. For a painting, identify what the painter may be trying to get across with their work of art. Underline or highlight all of the topic sentences and other passages that seem significant to you. These may include the author’s reasons and supporting evidence that they provide throughout the text. Identifying these parts of the text will allow you to analyze its structure.  In an academic article, identify the topic sentences of each paragraph or section. For works of fiction or paintings, look for scenes and imagery that seem to support the thesis. the work in your own words. As a final way to cement the ideas you’ve read about in the text, write a brief summary of it. Try to keep your summary around 1 paragraph long and describe what the text’s focus was about, including the author’s main argument. If the text was a film or work of art, write a brief 1 to 2 paragraph synopsis of the film or description of the painting.
Read the source or sources carefully and take notes. Identify the author's thesis statement. Note the author’s main ideas as you read. Summarize