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    A précis is a brief summary that requires careful word choice and arrangement to concisely convey the key ideas and meaning from the original text using as few words as possible. Writing a précis is valuable practice for improving composition and reading skills, as it requires fully understanding the ideas in the original to summarize them without directly copying phrases. In school and professional settings, précis writing is often necessary to digest large amounts of information for exams, reports, or articles. To write an effective précis, one should carefully read the original text, identify the main point, write it in their own words without opinions or details, and revise until the summary is around one third the length of the original text.

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    A précis is a brief summary that requires careful word choice and arrangement to concisely convey the key ideas and meaning from the original text using as few words as possible. Writing a précis is valuable practice for improving composition and reading skills, as it requires fully understanding the ideas in the original to summarize them without directly copying phrases. In school and professional settings, précis writing is often necessary to digest large amounts of information for exams, reports, or articles. To write an effective précis, one should carefully read the original text, identify the main point, write it in their own words without opinions or details, and revise until the summary is around one third the length of the original text.

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    A précis is a brief summary that requires careful word choice and arrangement to concisely convey the key ideas and meaning from the original text using as few words as possible. Writing a précis is valuable practice for improving composition and reading skills, as it requires fully understanding the ideas in the original to summarize them without directly copying phrases. In school and professional settings, précis writing is often necessary to digest large amounts of information for exams, reports, or articles. To write an effective précis, one should carefully read the original text, identify the main point, write it in their own words without opinions or details, and revise until the summary is around one third the length of the original text.

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    A précis is a brief summary that requires careful word choice and arrangement to concisely convey the key ideas and meaning from the original text using as few words as possible. Writing a précis is valuable practice for improving composition and reading skills, as it requires fully understanding the ideas in the original to summarize them without directly copying phrases. In school and professional settings, précis writing is often necessary to digest large amounts of information for exams, reports, or articles. To write an effective précis, one should carefully read the original text, identify the main point, write it in their own words without opinions or details, and revise until the summary is around one third the length of the original text.

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    Writing a Prcis

    A prcis is a brief summary. Writing a prcis is valuable training in composition.


    Since the writing requires you to be clear and concise, you must choose your
    words carefully and arrange them skillfully so you get the maximum amount of
    meaning into the minimum space.

    In addition to its value as a writing exercise, prcis work is excellent reading


    practice. In order to summarize another's ideas in your own words, you must
    understand the idea thoroughly.

    In school and in life after school, there are many situations that call for the
    writing of a brief, accurate summary of reading. You are frequently asked to
    prepare a summary of what you have read in your textbook or in the library.
    Answers on examinations often require a brief summary. People in business, in
    club work, and in social work must prepare short digests of articles and reports.

    Study the following facts about prcis and the basic steps in writing.

    1. A prcis is a short summary. It is not a paraphrase, which merely says in


    different and simpler words exactly what the passage being paraphrased
    has to say. A paraphrase may be as long as the passage itself. A prcis
    rarely is more than one-third the length of the original selection and may
    be only one-fourth as long.

    2. A prcis gives only the "heart" of a passage. It omits repetition and


    such details as examples, illustrations, and adjectives unless they are of
    unusual importance.

    3. A prcis is written entirely in the words of the person writing it, not
    in the words of the original selection. Avoid the temptation to lift long
    phrases and whole sentences from the original.

    4. A prcis is written from the point of view of the author whose work
    is being summarized. Do not begin with such expressions as "This author
    says" or "The paragraph means." Begin as though you were summarizing
    your own writing.

    In writing a prcis proceed as follows:

    1. Read carefully, sentence by sentence, the passage to be summarized. Try


    to grasp the writer's main point. Spotting the topic sentence will help.
    Look up in the dictionary any words whose meaning is not absolutely
    clear. As you read, take brief notes to be used in your writing.
    2. When you have finally decided what the author's main point is, write it
    out in your own words. Do not use the wording of the original except for
    certain key words which you may find indispensable. If you cannot
    translate the idea into language of your own, you do not understand them
    very well. Be especially careful not to rely too much on the topic sentence.
    Do not add any opinions or ideas of your own.

    3. Revise your writing until you are sure that you have given an accurate
    summary.

    4. Usually you will find your prcis is too long, if it is more than one-third
    the length of the original, it is too long, continue your revision until you
    have reduced the prcis to the proper length.

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