Sentence Frames for Summary

The author explains how ______. The author argues why ______. The author states that ______. The author concludes ______. The writer discusses ______and explores issues of ______. The writer mentions ______and illustrates the point by emphasizing that ______.

In summary the author explores issues of ______and explains to the reader that ______it’s important because ______.

The story explains the origin of ______. The story focuses on ______and explores issues of ______. The main idea is ______. In summary the story is ______. In conclusion the main idea of the article is ______. In conclusion the author’s main idea is ______.