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— ateLasentials of a Precis
‘The preess of a givens paragraph
uld be the itul representacin of the meas of the
oy in your own brie! and simple Tanguage. No
tor poms should be cmited Whatever
vey should be brought out clearly
putting aside unessential details, supertisous phrasenlogy
and ambiguows verbosity, The resulting narrative should
give a sense oF completeness
All the ideas reproduced from
the original prven passage should form a ¢ompact whole.
The words and sentences should convey 4 sense of unity
with each other.
Rerevity is the essence cf a good preess.
Ttas achieved by the process Of shifting esseatial fem
aressential, by avuiding, repetition and by om ting
nicases and the like, But brevity shor
ity, ALL she Fs
hoo
araamen
nat be ache
dat the cost ofc
ny should payenh CHAT Ey
rdeas af the at Hd be Lt 7
and cancrely. There shound only fe ccotumy oF wo ds
Batnotalt
In pe absclutely essential that one shonid
to what one writes. And it is ft riicularty
writing, Otherwise the very
Lay
impart clar:
Fo itt
case OF peers
t
the preeis would be defeated. In day
purpese :
life a precis ora shart concise yist is generally wren
for a person who has not the tine or occas ta po
Ikrough the crigmal. Therefore The prees should be
presentation af all she
clear, unwebipuous and brief
essential ideas and main pet
To achieve that one thimect® clearly campeb
main tu which the author wants lo convey and thas
should be faithfully passed an ta the reader by the prces
iter it we but boet languare.
u
soaf the original gassaye
sl the
inote, ch
Coherence means attache
ro form oa cos veelive
roan
ane
cn
senttine to the ot
ee{)
Ww
nuous narrative thereby achieving a compact
paragraph. The paresraph thoukt not pase an impe 1
Weehan of aod jude cadlectwon cb
ooh f
tenes
this means
nt of a narra-
one after the
in, One sentence should sugze-t
Process should continue cl the
close. The mam theme should run through the
sentences like ® thteaa Vrovgh the heads af a necklace.
Thus this natural succession or sequence of sentences
woukl dinpart # beeutiul and logical coherent lock to the
exercise anideal which every precis weiter should aspire
and endeavour to achieve.
reasonably tonaa
Titec in which sente
other ia an unbroken:
the ather ait co on theRequirements of a
Good Precis
“Vitle His amit Tvery piece of preeis should be
even when it has net heen
piven & le a wading .
dfar, The ite oF heading is the prees of the precis
indhcates ts to fallow. A word, @ pharae or
he the heading. the
yeerie eathh
, shore preuly
anil ute
Che writer ¢h
fiwowld gener dly be found
fence bul somichines 1 may
closing sen
die alse.
peecis should he written in the
ves and speeches shor'd be
x
jhe pricis is writer in the pase
1 ons
a where the particular &
¢ original passage are of nimoest
Jiven d
rays
es D Aprecisis ahvays in indisect- form
of specch @xce pPr'i yorare cases where ft Tie
oo he Gore to the maithor af the arignal pas
acorporating a few wards in the pe reds in thes
without
cyonal form
I: 1s preety writer is not reguired te adhere
patho rule
coy paciula fenesh or number of werds1
hat the
js to 1 onethird of the te