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Choose a concise summary that keeps the main idea and essential relationships without adding unsupported claims.
6 authored questions + worked example
The town library started a seed shelf. Neighbors borrow seeds to grow plants and may return seeds from their harvests. Labels explain what each plant needs.
Answer: The library helps neighbors share seeds and learn how to grow them.
The summary includes the seed-sharing purpose and the growing guidance; the label detail alone is too narrow.
All 6 authored questions for this skill.
Question 1
Night-blooming flowers open after sunset. Their scent can attract moths. As moths visit several flowers, pollen can move between them.
Keep the main idea and its important connections; leave out invented facts and avoid choosing just one small detail.
Answer: Some flowers open at night and can use moth visits to help transfer pollen.
The summary connects the timing, visitors and pollen transfer while preserving the passage’s qualified wording.
Question 2
The museum repaired a torn map before displaying it. Workers supported the paper and filled only small missing areas. They kept notes describing each repair.
Keep the main idea and its important connections; leave out invented facts and avoid choosing just one small detail.
Answer: Museum workers repaired a map carefully and documented their changes.
The main account includes both careful repair and documentation; one damage detail is insufficient.
Question 3
The bus route was changed while a bridge was repaired. Temporary stops were marked along another road. When the bridge reopened, the buses returned to their usual route.
Keep the main idea and its important connections; leave out invented facts and avoid choosing just one small detail.
Answer: Bridge repairs caused a temporary bus-route change that ended when the bridge reopened.
The summary includes the cause, temporary response and return without adding unsupported claims.
Question 4
The garden club collected rain in barrels. During dry weeks, members used that water on the vegetable beds. Screens over the barrel openings kept leaves out.
Keep the main idea and its important connections; leave out invented facts and avoid choosing just one small detail.
Answer: The club stored rainwater for later garden use and kept debris out of the barrels.
The summary includes the storage/use purpose and the relevant maintenance detail, without a new safety claim.
Question 5
The town library started a seed shelf. Neighbors borrow seeds to grow plants and may return seeds from their harvests. Labels explain what each plant needs.
Keep the main idea and its important connections; leave out invented facts and avoid choosing just one small detail.
Answer: The library helps neighbors share seeds and learn how to grow them.
The summary includes the seed-sharing purpose and the growing guidance; the label detail alone is too narrow.
Question 6
A class tested three kinds of paper for model umbrellas. It sprayed the same amount of water on each. The class recorded how long each paper took to leak.
Keep the main idea and its important connections; leave out invented facts and avoid choosing just one small detail.
Answer: The class compared how different papers resisted water using a consistent test.
This captures the comparison and its controlled procedure without inventing a result.