Mike is reading a long article. at the end, he restates the writer's main point using his own words. this is an example of what?

This is an example of SUMMARIZING. Summarizing involves the condensation of a large volume of article to a smaller version of essential points; it gives a brief statement of the main point. Summarizing helps students to discern the most important ideas in the articles they read. It also helps students to disregard unimportant points in the text and to integrate the central theme in a meaningful way. 

Atone of sympathy or pity, maybe disgust but i doubt it heavily