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2. PRÉCIS
WRITING
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3. Learning Outcomes:
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Describe précis
2 Apply the rules of précis
writing
3 Differentiate between good
and bad précis
DLOs
After this lesson the students will be able to:
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4. PRÉCIS
WRITING
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5. PRÉCIS
prā-ˈsē Abstract
FRENCH
Content
Here
Gist
The pruning away of
all that is inessential
PRÉCIS WRITING
Etymology
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6. Main idea
Relevant details
Examples
•Comparisons
Ideas
Details
• Lists
Précis of
Passage
Extended
Passage
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7. Précis
Logical Summary
Compact
Clear
Relevant details
Important ideas
Definition:
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8. Purpose:
Note-Taking
Improves Reading Skills
Increases Precision
Essay or Exam Preparation
Annotated Bibliographies
Assess Reading Comprehension
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9. Rules:
Coherence
Conciseness
Clarity
Correctness
Objectivity
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10. PRÉCIS WRITING
ACTIVITY-1
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11. No ambiguity
Simple language
Simple sentence
structure
Clarity
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12. Correctness:
• Facts and figures
• Structure of sentences
• Spellings of word
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13. Mistakes which may occur are
:
Misspelled
words
Mistakes in facts
and figures
Mistakes In
Punctuation
Mistakes of
grammar and
structure
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14. ACTIVITY-2
Précis - 2
According to the author, an ideally good man is intensely
religious and avoids bad habits such as smoking and drinking.
He does not use obscene or indecent language and has a fear
of wrong doing and wrong thinking. He is professionally dutiful
and takes active interest in promoting virtues such as
patriotism, industry and sobriety.
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16. The ability to present or view facts
uncolored by feelings, opinions and
personal bias.
Should not give and add his
personal opinion and ideas in a
précis.
A
B
Objectivity:
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17. Interconnected ideas
Well knitted ideas
Interrelated ideas
The logical and clear interconnection
of ideas in a written piece of work
Transitional words Order details
Coherence:
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18. ACTIVITY-3
There was once, a village facing severe drought.
The villagers decided to pray.
On the prayer day the whole village gathered.
Everyone brought stuff for the rituals, except for one boy.
He brought umbrella.
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19. Conciseness:
Conveys the message in the fewest possible words.
PRÉCIS WRITING
 Wordy: it is the governor who signs or vetoes bills.
(9 words)
 Concise: the governor signs or vetoes bills. (6 words)
 Wordy: there are four rules that should be observed.
(8 words)
 Concise: four rules should be observed. (5 words)
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20. To achieve conciseness:
Avoid unnecessary repetition
Include only relevant material
Eliminate wordy expressions
Omitting unnecessary details
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21. ACTIVITY-4
PRÉCIS WRITING
Most people lack taste; they remain childlike.
Readers, like children, rarely ever get over
the “bridge of assess” constituted by pictures,
stories, and jokes. (24 words)
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22. Etymology of
Précis
Definition
Purpose
Rules
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24. Why précis writing is necessary?
Q 1. What is the definition of a Précis?
Q 2.
Q 3.
Q 4.
What are the rules for writing a good Précis?
How to create coherence in a Précis?
Write the Précis of the given passage?
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Q 3.
Q 5.
Why précis writing is necessary?
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25. The coal-fields are underground tracts of land from
which coal is obtained. They have underground layers of
bed. They are called mine when they are opened.
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26. Write the Précis of
the essay “My
Dream Life” on
page no. 321 in
textbook.
Submission
date is 1st
August 2018
HOME WORK SUBMISSION
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27. Précis Paraphrasing
Rules
Difference
Definition
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