ESSAY: SUMMARIZING A FORMAL ESSAY One of the keys to understanding a formal essay is picking out its main idea. Writing a summar
y is a good way to practice this skill. For this project, you'll summarize a formal essay. OBJECTIVES Summarize a formal essay. Instructions: Choose a formal essay and summarize it in the box below. Remember these points of a good summary: The topic sentence includes the main idea. The summary is clear and concise. The summary is about one-fourth to one third the length of the original. It expresses the author's ideas, not a private interpretation. Be sure to name the essay, its author if available, and where you found it (book title and author/editor, magazine title and date, etc)
The essay entitled "The plastic problem" was published in a magazine on ecology and environment on February 27, 2019, by an unnamed author.
The essay addresses how plastic is a very important material for the development of human activities, being a very useful material and of great versatility in our society. However, plastic has been improperly disposed of and its nature is not biodegradable, which means that plastic, when thrown in natural environments, promotes pollution that extends for years on end, causing serious problems to fauna and flora Of region. Thus, the author reinforces the idea that plastic must evolve together with the evolution of society and the need that the planet presents. The author shows how the planet needs to be preserved, as well as all the natural resources it has. In this way, it is necessary to take action on the plastic.
