A brief retelling of a story that only includes the important parts.

One way is to use ______________ to be sure you have covered everything, but do not include unrelated information.

This represents the reasonable ending of the story.
This happens at the end of the story.

This is the main problem of the story.
It is usually in the middle of a story.
It is the challenge facing the main character.

What is the main character trying to do?
What is the goal of the character?
This usually leads to the problem.

This is the person considered the main character. (protagonist)
This character drives the action of the story.
It can be a group.

This is where the character solves the problem.
It is also usually found in the middle of the story.
It can sometimes come before the “but.”

Another way to summarize a story is to use
the signal word in the __________________ summary.