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Article Brief Deck

When to use

• You need to present an article's argument in a meeting without reading the whole piece aloud
• A reading group or class needs a shared starting point for discussion
• You are briefing a colleague or client on a long report, essay, or feature they will not read in full
• A newsletter or social post needs the article's strongest lines pulled out accurately
• You want a quick-reference deck you can revisit instead of re-reading the original

Workflow

1. Read and mark the article (input: full article → output: annotated article)
   Read the whole article once, then mark four things: the central claim (what the author is arguing), the supporting points (the 2–4 reasons or findings behind it), the key evidence (the data, examples, or quotes that carry the argument), and the caveats (what the author admits is uncertain or limited). If you cannot state the central claim in one sentence, re-read before building slides — a deck built on a guessed thesis will misrepresent the piece.
2. Extract quotable lines (input: annotated article → output: quote bank)
   Pull out the lines worth repeating: short, self-contained sentences that carry the argument or a vivid piece of evidence. Copy each quote exactly, word for word, and record its location (section or paragraph) so it can be checked. Paraphrase is not a quote — if you shorten a sentence, mark it as a paraphrase, never present it in quotation marks.
3. Structure the brief (input: quote bank → output: slide outline)
   Build an outline of 6–10 slides: title (article, author, publication, date) → the claim in one slide → one slide per supporting point, each with its evidence → caveats and limits → what it means / discussion questions. The deck follows the article's own structure, not a generic template: if the article's argument is a comparison, the deck compares; if it is a chronology, the deck follows the timeline.
4. Build the slides (input: outline + quote bank → output: full deck draft)
   One idea per slide, one claim per slide. Headlines state the point in plain words ("The shortage is a training problem, not a hiring problem"); the body carries the evidence and at most one short quote. Keep quotes large and exact, with attribution on the slide. End with a slide that points back to the original: title, author, where to read it, and the caveats — so anyone who wants the full picture knows where to go.

Template preview

Article Brief Deck — Build Template

One article = one deck. Every claim must trace back to a passage in the article.

Article: {title}

Author: {name} | Publication: {name} | Date: {date} | Link: {URL}

Read-and-mark notes

Central claim (one sentence): {what the author is arguing}

Supporting points:

1. {point} — evidence: {data / example / quote}
2. {point} — evidence:
3. {point} — evidence:

Caveats / limits (what the author admits is uncertain):

• {caveat}
• {caveat}

Terms to define for the audience:

Quote bank (exact wording, copy word for word)

Paraphrases (never in quotation marks):

• {paraphrase} — based on {section}

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