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PRECIS WRITING :: PART:1::
What is a precis? The definition:
Derivation:
Precis, from the Old French and literally meaning “cut short”, is a concise summary of an article or other
work. The précis, then, explains the main point, logical support, and structure of the original work but in
greatly condensed form. The précis is objective, unlike a critical analysis, which evaluates the argument
and use of evidence within an article. Thus, the précis does not offer evaluations about a text, nor does
it include personal reaction to a text.
How should a writer begin to write a precis?
::::The process::::::
A):: Cogitation:::
Step:1)::Read ( 2 or 3 )at least 2 /3 times..and annotate/mark the article or other text :
এ দম ( Clear Idea ) ।
Step:2): Try to :Reflect on the author's purpose.
Step:3)::Consider the kinds of evidence the author uses.
Step:4)::Restate the author's thesis in your own words.
Step:5)::Write a one or two sentence summary of each section or subdivision of the article.
Step:6)::Reread the article to compare it with your summary notes.
B:)::Write Up:
Begin writing, using your paraphrase of the thesis and your one or two sentence summary statements.
1)Precis is the Expression of the Original in CONDENSED TERMS:a SHORTER re-STATEMENT of the
ORIGINAL. and It Should be ONE-THIRD of the ORIGINAL.
2) The Purning of the Original would not spare Anything but the bare Essentials.
Metaphors,Similes,Hyperbole,Conceits,Epigrams, must have to be Left Out. Precis Would re-produce all
the Principal Contents of the Original.
3) Naturally ,Precis would faithfully reproduce all the PRINCIPAL CONTENTS of the ORIGINAL.
4) PRECIS-WRITER'S OWN WORDS:
A Precis should stand on its Own.Naturally , a Precis-Writer will have to rely on his Own Words rather
than the use Terms from the Original Passage.

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5) ORDERLY CONDENSATION :
Precis Expected to be an Independent Piece of writing in Which the SEQUENCE of Ideas or Arguments
lead to the Conclusion or the Central Idea.Care should be taken to Preserve the TONE of the ORIGINAL
PASSAGE.
C:)::Cover Up:::
Review your precis to confirm that you have explained the main point of the article, identified the
supporting evidence that the writer uses, and have used the same logical structure as the text.
D:):: Concretization::
Finally, check for clarity, coherence, and correctness.
HOW TO ::::: STRUCTURE::
The format
A):::
Introduction:
Some writers offer a hook; explain the author's broad topic; and then restate the author's thesis, while
others may open with a restatement of the author's thesis and then explain the broader framework of
the subject. In order to determine which approach would best suit the assignment, ask your professor
about the format of the introduction. In either format, the restatement of the thesis should include the
name of the author, the title of the article, and the date of its publication, as the following illustrates: “In
his influential 1936 essay, “Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics,” J.R.R. Tolkien criticizes scholars of
this day for mining Beowulf solely for historic evidence about the Anglo-Saxon period, rather than
reading the poem as a great and inspiring work of literature.”
Body Paragraphs:
Generally, each body paragraph should explain a separate section of the text and should provide the
evidence (though in greatly condensed form) that the writer has used to support that section. If used,
quotations should be brief, should be correctly introduced or incorporated, and should be correctly
attributed.
Conclusion:
The conclusion should re-state the main idea of the text and reiterate the main support. Remember to
avoid any personal statements about the text.
FUNDAMENTAL(S):
The Precis derived ( ) from French Word " Presee ".

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And Precis-writing is summarising , or Giving the SUBSTANCE or SOLELY THE MAIN IDEAS without any
ornamentation of the Prescribed Passage or Excerpt in very Brief and surely in Intelligible manner.
Care:1)
Don't mingle or confound PRECIS with SUBSTANCE.
Care:2)
Precis is rightly the very Squeezed ( এ ) part of the Passage.
It is the Nectarine part ( ম )if the Whole Passage.
এ দ ( Excerpt) ম ।
Care:3:)::
। এই
। এ এ (Marked/Numbered) ।
Care:4:)
এ ম এ এ ম ।
Care:5:)
ম এ ।
ই (Context ) ম এ - ম ( Concretization )
।
PRECIS WRITING : PART :2:
Care:6:) - ম (Concretization ) : - ::
ম দ ।এ এ দম ই ই।
ম Care: 5:):: । ম দ।(Paragraph/Excerpt) ম ম
(Context-before & After) ই । এ ই দ ।
Care:7:)::

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ম (Simple Sentence ) । Precis Writing এ ,
ম । এ দ ই ।
Care:8:)
PRACTICE MAKES A PRECIS-WRITER PERFECT.
এ -এ Precis ম ম । - - ই -
ম । এই - - ই ই ।এ
ম ম - ম ই EVERY WRITER HAS ITS OWN STYLE.
Precis Writing ই। / Orange এ (Squeezing)। ম
দ ম । ম এ এ দম ই ।
ম ম ম ম Orange Juice ই এ ম ।
Care:9:)::
এ । এই Precis Writing এ ম ম এ দম ই ই।
ম দ এ ই এ ম ।
Care:10)
, , ( Repetition) : (SIMILES,METAPHORS,
HYPORBOLES,EPIGRAMS,CONCEITS) ম - ই |
Care:11:):: Controversy and Abstraction ::
ম এ ম ম - P.Hd Thesis Paper GUIDE accept ( / ম দ )
।
ম (Complex Sentence) এ ( Compound Sentence ) । (এ
এ ম ম দ ম ।
[ Exception doesn't bear (proper) Example ]
Care: 12:): Precis ম দ ম ম ই । ম ।
ই দ দ Precis -এ ( Word Counting ) ম
দ এ এ - ম - । ।

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Article and Preposition (Word Counting ) ।
এ এ । এই এ ।
Care:13:):: ই ম (Good at Sound ) Prose Writing , Clear and Conceptual ( )
and Legible ( ) ই ই ।
The Very Sum Up: Concluding Part :TITLE::
ম Passage/Comprehension/Excerpt - এ এ ম :: :: TITLE /HEADING/
TAG LINE/CATCH UP ই দ - ই ।
(Fielden says : " TITLE SHALL BE,IN EFFECT, A PRECIS OF THE PRECIS.)"
এ ই 5-6 ম ম এ । "" A PRECIS TITLE NEITHER CONTAINS A
VERB NOR FORMS A QUESTION."".
Care:14: NEVER GET PANICKED:
ম ই PASSAGE ই দ PRECIS । ম
PRECIS এ ।
IN A NUT SHELL,THE FEATURES OF A GOOD PRECIS ARE :
®: IT MUST BE BRIEF AND CONCISE.
®: IT SHOULD BE LUCID AND CLEAR.
®: IT SHOULD BE WRITTEN IN YOUR OWN WORDS AND THE ORDER AND COHERENCE OF IDEAS SHOULD
REMAIN THE SAME.
®: IT SHOULD BE READ AS A CONTINUOUS WHOLE.
®: IT SHOULD CONTAIN ONLY THE ESSENTIAL POINTS.
®: IT SHOULD BE WRITTEN IN THE INDIRECT FORM OF SPEECH AND THE ACTIVE VOICE.
®: IT SHOULD HAVE THE SAME TENSE THROUGHOUT, GENERALLY, THE PAST TENSE.
®: IT SHOULD BE WRITTEN IN THE THIRD PERSON.
®: ITS LENGTH SHOULD GENERALLY BE ONE-THIRD OF THE ORIGINAL.
®: THE TITLE SHOULD BE ABLE TO SUM UP THE CENTRAL IDEA OF THE PRECIS.