Asummary is a statement of a text’s central ideas in one’s? best words, own words, thesis statement, or supporting ideas?

A summary is a statement of a text’s central ideas in one’s own words.

Explanation:

A summary is a shorten idea of a complete piece of work, this could be an entire book, a poem, a speech, etc. The objective of a summary is to communicate the main ideas of the text without all the extra and detailed information. so the reader can have a complete idea to understand what the work is about. When we summarize we don't add our own ideas or thesis we just rephrase the main points.

this passage has a lot of figurative language like examples are

the day we found the sharks' teeth was foggy and cool.

moisture hung in the air so thick you could almost see it sparkling in the dim sunlight.

figurative language can not be taken seriously it is just sayings.

first of all the mood needs to be defined: it is obviously a mood of deceitful relief and serenity. why? because the cape horn is one of the most violent maritime regions of earth and although it has been left behind, it is a personification of ahab’s delirium and the fact that the end of the passage speaks about it about being “hidden” but “raving” immediately conveys the feeling the calm is not permanent but fleeting.

furthermore, the oxymoron “mild stun'sails” is the first instance of such feeling as the adjective “mild” is associated with “stunned” underscoring the fleeting nature of this “tranquil” moment. and the contrasts keep piling up, with the opposition between “dark den” and “blessed light and air” to end with the final conclusion that leaves the reader with the uneasy knowledge that this is just a reprieve.