The summary - the business card of the book. Proceeding from the content of this characteristic of people solves, to buy the book or not, to take it in library or to put back on a regiment. Therefore quite strict requirements are imposed to drawing up several offers entering the summary.
Instruction
1. The purpose of the summary is to give the main information on the book and at the same time to reveal specific lines which do it special allocate in a stream of other book products.
2. Begin characteristic with information on the author. Select such information about him which is not a stamp. Write better what era the writer what philosophical direction or school of sciences he represents treats. Choose those facts from its biography which affected the contents and a form of the work lying before you.
3. In detail and well tell about a work genre. According to the accepted classification it is possible to add estimated words to characteristic of a genre: for example, if the mythological story turned out provocative, it is possible to point to it. Standard designation of a genre in combination with the specifying assessment not only will orient the reader, but also will interest him.
4. In brief describe subject of the book and problems/questions which in it are mentioned. It is important to catch a side between informing the potential reader and disclosure of all cards. Will be characteristics of the place and conditions of action in the book enough and also a tie or the main intrigue.
5. Try to define for what audience the work is designed. This identification has to be the most detailed: consider not only age and sex of readers, but also their social status, a field of activity, a circle of additional interests. Also write to summaries, than this book will be useful or interesting to specific group of audience. This part of the summary affects motivation of the person: if he sees that the book ""for it"", he will pay attention to it.
6. Note special lines of the work which distinguish it among similar: for example, non-standard structure of the test, unusual format or high level of polygraphy of the edition. If it rare and long-awaited, do not forget to mention it.