The document discusses precis, which is a French word meaning summary or compression. Precis writing aims to provide a clear, logical summary that preserves only the essential ideas of the original text in about a third of the length. It should be written in the same tense as the original and omit unnecessary examples, phrases, and figurative language. Quality precis are coherent, concise, unbiased, and written in indirect speech and one's own words.

1. • Precis is derived from French word.
• Precis means summary or to
compress something
• Precise writing means “The Art of
Summarizing”.
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2. A precis is clear, compact
logical summary of a
passage.
It preserves only the
essential or important ideas
of the original.
Omission (long phrases,
examples, idioms, proverbs,
quotations, figurative
language)
Precis is in same tense in
which original paragraph is
given.
Rough draft first.
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3. Rules for writing a
quality precis:
 1/3 of the total
 Clarity
 Correctness
 Unbiased views
 Coherence
 Completeness
 Indirect speech
 Own words
 Single paragraph
 No use of 1st and 2nd person pronoun
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4. Example:
There were dogs, cats, hens, ducks, geese and pigs barking,
squealing, crowing, quacking and growling all over the farmyard.
Different animals and birds were making sound in the farmyard.
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