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    Summarizing
    Last week your written assignment consisted of analyzing a source. This week you will summarize a source. These two skills are useful in different situations. Both will be necessary as you work on your researched argument paper for this course. You may even discover that you will use these skills in your personal and professional life as well.
    Remember that the purpose of this summary is to present the information from the reading in condensed form; your paper should be objective.
    Step 1:
    Use the Ebscohost link to search for the following article:
    Friedman T. L. & Mandelbaum M. (2011). America really was that great (but that doesn’t mean we are now). Foreign Policy (189) 76-78.
    As you read the article it may be helpful to take notes or create an outline of the text.
    Step 2:
    Write a summary of the article. Your summary should meet the following guidelines:
    Step 3:
    Summary Exercise Checklist
    Use these questions to evaluate your essay against the assignment requirements:

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