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Precis Writing

A precis is a concise summary of a text that captures its main ideas and essential information. The process of writing a precis involves reading the text thoroughly, identifying key points, and rewriting them in one's own words while maintaining clarity, conciseness, completeness, and objectivity. Key steps include drafting, revising, and ensuring logical coherence in the final version.

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Precis Writing

A precis is a concise summary of a text that captures its main ideas and essential information. The process of writing a precis involves reading the text thoroughly, identifying key points, and rewriting them in one's own words while maintaining clarity, conciseness, completeness, and objectivity. Key steps include drafting, revising, and ensuring logical coherence in the final version.

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Precis Writing

Derivation
• The word "precis" derives from the French language
• where "précis" means "precise" or "concise.“
• In English, the term "precis" refers to a concise summary or
abstract of a text.
Definitions
A precis is a concise summary of a text that captures the main
ideas, key points, and essential information in a clear and direct
manner.
There are many definitions of precis but some are considered
best illustrations:
Oxford university: Short version of speech that gives the main
points of idea.
Cambridge university: It I a short form of text which brieflygives
oly important points.
Methods of Precis Writing
1- READING
Read the complete paragraph several times to get Main idea
and Central theme of the paragraph.
Then underline the important ideas and essential points from
the text which saves a lot of time.
2- Title
Search the title of the paragraph.
Mostly it is in the first line of paragraph.
3- size
The length of the precis is one third of the paragraph.
4- Initial Draft
Roughly write the precis
Omit the words or phrase by single word
Cannot conclude anything on your own
Use past tense and third person except universal truths.
5- Own Words
• Write in your own word. No abbreviations are used.
• Write the whole precis in one paragraph.
6- Final Draft
Recheck the rough paragraph and correct the mistakes then
prepare the final draft.
Essentials of Precis
• there are 3 C’s which are essential in precis are
• Clarity: easy to understand for readers and write it in easy words.
• Conciseness: write necessary things and avoid unnecessary details .
• Completeness: have all necessary and appropriate parts.
• Objectivity: ability to present or view facts uncoloured by
feelings ,opinions.
• Faithful presentation of original PASSAGE.
• Coherence: Logical attachment of one sentence to another sentence
• Sentence should be in particular sequence.

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