Objective means “not influenced by personal feelings or interpretation.” A summary is a short statement that gives the main points or ideas of something. So an objective summary is a short statement or paragraph that tells what something is about but does not include irrelevant details or your opinions.

How do you find the objective summary?

An objective summary is a summary that does not include any opinions or judgments about what is written in the text. Instead, it only includes information that comes from the text. Writing objective summaries can help you understand texts that you read and identify the most important information in the text.

What is an example of an objective summary?

For example, to include any of the following sentences in your summary would mean you are no longer being objective: I feel terrible for all of the passengers who did not survive the Titanic sinking. If the ship had been built better and the crew had responded faster, this disaster could have been avoided.