{"id":"study-reading-response-summary-analysis","audience":"college","category":"writing-feedback","technique":"examples","track":"study","title":"Check how much of your reading response is just summary","free":false,"task":"Your World History professor says your reading responses are 'all summary, no analysis.' Get exactly 4 numbered lines, one per sentence of your draft, each labeled exactly Summary or Analysis using her definitions, with a reason under 10 words, plain text. Don't rewrite any sentence or suggest new ones.","materialLabel":"Your draft and your professor's definitions (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"HIST 1050 - World History II - Reading response 6\nReading: Chen, \"Silver and the Ming Economy\" (ch. 3)\n\nMY DRAFT (4 sentences):\n[1] Chen explains that huge amounts of silver from the Americas flowed into China in the 1500s and 1600s.\n[2] The Ming government began requiring taxes to be paid in silver instead of grain.\n[3] This shows that the Ming state's power depended on a resource it could not control, which may explain why a drop in silver imports in the 1630s hit the government so hard.\n[4] Chen also describes how merchants in coastal cities grew wealthy from the trade.\n\nPROF. OYELARAN'S DEFINITIONS:\n- Summary: restates what the author says or what happened.\n- Analysis: makes your own point about WHY it matters, what it shows, or how it connects; often uses \"this shows,\" \"this suggests,\" \"which explains.\"\n\nHer comment last time: \"Three sentences of summary and one of analysis gets a C. Flip the ratio.\"\nNext response due Monday. I'll revise it myself.","rules":[{"type":"numberedItems","count":4},{"type":"maxWords","max":70},{"type":"plainText"}],"mistakes":[{"title":"Asking to improve it","why":"The AI rewrites your response with its own analysis, which isn't your work.","fix":"Say: \"Don't rewrite or add sentences. Just label each one.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Not giving exact labels","why":"Without fixed labels, the AI gives general advice like 'add more analysis'.","fix":"Say: \"Label each sentence exactly Summary or Analysis.\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Not naming the standard","why":"The AI may count a detailed summary as analysis.","fix":"Add: \"Use Prof. Oyelaran's definitions.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"Not saying how many lines","why":"The AI picks its own number, and it usually picks more lines than you need.","fix":"Be exact: \"Exactly 4 numbered lines.\"","checks":["numberedItems"]},{"title":"Trusting the AI to count words","why":"AI is bad at counting. Ask for a total and it often lands 20% over.","fix":"Cap each reason: \"under 8 words.\"","checks":["maxWords"]},{"title":"Forgetting where it will be read","why":"AI formats for a screen, with bold and headings that show up as stray symbols in your notes.","fix":"Say: \"Plain text, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives exact labels","patterns":["summary.{0,15}analysis","label"]},{"label":"Uses the definitions","patterns":["definition","oyelaran","professor"]},{"label":"Says not to rewrite it","patterns":["(don't|do not|no|never|not).{0,20}(rewrite|rewritten|replacement|re-?write|write it for)","keep.{0,20}(my|own) words"]},{"label":"Says how many lines","patterns":["\\b(4|four)\\b.{0,25}line"]},{"label":"Sets a length limit","patterns":["\\d+\\s*words","word (limit|count)","under \\d+"]}],"hint":"Labeling each sentence shows you the ratio your professor sees. Give the AI the two labels, her definitions, and tell it not to write analysis for you.","rubricLabels":["Each line uses exactly one label, Summary or Analysis, for sentences 1 to 4 in order","The labels match the definitions: 1 Summary, 2 Summary, 3 Analysis, 4 Summary","Gives no rewritten sentences, new analysis sentences or suggested wording"]}