I need a serious help??

Question

hello everyone. i have a new english h.w and i want u to help me doing it..there is a paragraph that i want to summarize in 25 words.. then to read the summarizing and summarize it another time with no more than 15 words..actually i tried to summarize it and i will write u wut have i wrote but first i want to write the paragraph itself..
here:
It was a star vastly than our own sun. For hundreds of years this giant star burned brightly in its corner of the universe. Then, at the end of its lifespan , a bizzare thing happened. The dying star began to collapse on itself. while the star was was in its death throes, all the matter that made up the star measured no more than a mile across. Its matter was so tightly packed that a chunk of it the size of a small marble weighed as much as a mountain.

Here are what i had summarized using no more than 25 words:
When a star burns, it began to collapse on itself , and all the matter of it is squeezed into a smaller area but still it weights too much.
here are what i summarized using no more than 15 words:
When a star burns, it is squeezed, it's area becomes smaller and it weights alot.

Oh plz tell me wether my summarizing is wrong or right and if it is wrong plz try to help me summarizing i am really in a big trouble.

Answer 1

<>When you summarize, you must find the most important facts of a paragragh, and compact them by re-wording. Looking at your paragraph we have the following important facts:
an ancient star
dying
collapsing on itself
matter condensed into a mass only 1 mile across
matter so dense a piece the size of a marble weighs as much as a mountain.
So, in 25 words:
An ancient star, while dying, collapsed upon itself; condensing it's mass to only a mile across and so dense a marble weighed like a mountain.
And, in 15 words:
Dying stars collapse into tiny, intensely dense masses, weighing thousands of tons per square inch.

Answer 2

How about:

Stars burn, the matter squeezes forming a marble that weighs as much as a mountain.

Good Luck!

Answer 3

The most important thing to remember when summarizing stuff is to use the keywords. I don't see anything wrong with your 25 words. druid's answer is excellent.