Summaries

Nov 06, 2006 19:21

The definitions for summary as gotten from Dictionary.reference.com are the following:

-noun 1. a comprehensive and usually brief abstract, recapitulation, or compendium of previously stated facts or statements.
-adjective 2. brief and comprehensive; concise.
3. direct and prompt; unceremoniously fast: to treat someone with summary dispatch.
4. (of legal proceedings, jurisdiction, etc.) conducted without, or exempt from, the various steps and delays of a formal trial.

adj.
Presenting the substance in a condensed form; concise: a summary review.
Performed speedily and without ceremony: summary justice; a summary rejection.
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n. pl. sum·ma·ries
A presentation of the substance of a body of material in a condensed form or by reducing it to its main points; an abstract.
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Main Entry: sum·ma·ry
Pronunciation: 's&-m&-rE
Function: adjective
: done immediately, concisely, and without usual formal procedures; especially : used in or done by summary proceeding
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summary

adj 1: performed speedily and without formality; "a summary execution"; "summary justice" [syn: drumhead] 2: briefly giving the gist of something; "a short and compendious book"; "a compact style is brief and pithy"; "succinct comparisons"; "a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject" [syn: compendious, compact, succinct] n : a briefstatement that presents the main points in a concise form; "he gave a summary of the conclusions"

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So, yeah. This:

G I V E T H E M A I R ! . · ¨ · › wtf ? !

And this:

I suck at summaries

And this:

Plz R&R

Not summaries. Similarly, this:

This is a oneshot I made for TidusxSelphie. It's the nice little oneshot I mentioned in my other fanfiction, but if you haven't read it you'd still be able to understand what's going on!

Not really a summary. Honestly, Pit!ficcers, the concept of a summary is really not that hard to grasp. A sucky summary is one thing and, I suppose, forgivable. I suck at summaries, too. But you didn't even try!

P.S. Also, contrary to what some people may think, putting your summary in as your title is not a good thing. So, if you can say, "The title says it all!" you know something is wrong. Fix it.

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