概要写作是进行写作训练的基本形式之一，它不仅可以培养阅读理解能力，加深对原作的理解，而且还可以培养综合概括能力和书面表达能力。这类写作要求习作者阅读一篇文章后，写一篇字数有限的概要，忠实地反映原文主要内容。
1. 写作技巧
1）首先快速阅读原文，掌握全文大意。
2) 再仔细阅读原文，找出原文主题及段落主题句，同时划出关键词语，包括主要事实，论据或事件，重要信息、数据、名称、日期等。
3）拟定概要的提纲。
4）根据提纲，用自己的语言组织写作，要忠实再现原文的主要内容，对原文的事实或观点不能加以评论。
5）概要的长度不得超过规定的字数。
6）对不同的文体，概要写作的重点有所不同：
（1）记叙文往往没有主题句，写概要时要注意处理好叙述故事的六个因素：时间、地点、人物、事件、原因和结果。选择最重要的因素为核心，相对不重要的可以删除。
（2）描述文往往是作者选择最典型、最具有表达力的东西来描述自己的感情和态度。写概要时，要抓住原作的打算和意图，以压缩简化的表达方式再现原文。
（3）说明文着重解释“怎么样”（How）和“为什么”（Why)，段落中常常包括主题句和推展句。写概要时，抓住段落主题和重要的事实及例证。
（4）论说文的重点在于说理，其主要方法有两种：演绎和归纳。写概要时，无论原文采用哪种方式，都以演绎的手法展开为好，即先写中心论点，再以其重点和次重要的论据展开。
例如：
Directions: For this part,you are allowed 30 minutes to write a summary of no more than 120 words,based on the following passage. You should write it as clearly as possible.
The Hero
"Fire! Fire!" What terrible words to hear when one wakes up in a strange house in the middle of the night! It was a large, old, wooden house—the sort that burns beautifully—and my room was on the top floor.I jumped out of bed,opened the door and stepped out into the passage. It was full of thick smoke.
I began to run,but as I was still only half-awake, instead of going towards the stairs I went in the opposite direction. The smoke grew thicker and I could see flames all around. The floor became hot under my bare feet. I found an open door and ran into a room to get to the window. But before I could reach it, one of my feet caught in something soft and I fell down. The thing I had fallen over felt like a bundle of clothes, and I picked it up to protect my face from the smoke and the heat.Just then the floor gave way under me and I crashed to the floor below with pieces of burning wood all around me.
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