I think you answered in wrong place.<span />
You may incorporate textual evidence right into the sentence with the use of
quotation marks, but your quote from the text must make sense in the context of the
sentence.
Answer:
to persuade them not to destroy the tree
The word summarize is when you offer a short but extensive summary of important detail in a article , book , newspaper, ect. But you specifically write the theme and facts that were stated throughout the text.