Name - Uday Kumar Jha

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WARNER SCHOOL FOOD&

DARIY TECHNOLOGY


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NAME - UDAY KUMAR JHA

PID NO.- 11IDDDTO28

SUBJECT - LNG

COURSE

IDDDT 1

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INTRODUCTIONA prcis is a summary of a plece fo writing.

It is also called epltomisation. A prcis may bedefined as an unchanged restatement inshortened from of the main points of ides of awritten text. There is no fixed rule about the

length of a prcis but normally. It shouldcontain one- third of the number of words inthe original passage.

The word prcis is derived from French

word and it means terse or exact. It ispronounced pray-see. The final letter s issilent in pronunciation.


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Effective prcis writing means, but just writing indifferent words what the original contains. It is notmerely paraphrasing of the original passage nor a listof its main pints. Once the subject matter is clearly

understood then unity and coherence of thoughtprocess is required. The skill of organization of ides,logical sequencing of points, clear and meaningfulexpression, use of language suitable to the situation areessential for writing prcis effectively. The writer ofprcis must be able to identify the essential ideas in agiven passage and separate them from nonessentialidea. But as the same time a prcis is not a creativewriting, inasmuch a s it merely a condensedrestatement of the original writers ideas, points, etc.


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A prcis writer is not a critic. He is not anenthusiastic reader reading for pleasure. Precis

does not contains any comments andexplanation by the prcis writer. The ability to

express an elaborate idea or co-related

information in a s few words as possible is an

important feature of prcis writing. Now let us

consider the qualities that make a good prcis,

steps for writing effective prcis and some

methods for abridging the expressions of

sentences.


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PRINCIPLES OF AGOOD PRECIS

The important requirements of make a goodprcis are: a clear understanding of the givenpassage, ability and distinguish between theessential and non-essential points of the givenpassage and identification of main points and

sub points. Precis writer has to concentrate onthe process of selection and elimination of whatis important and what is not, and how best thereelected ideas can be rearranged and expressedin a concise way. Let us now discuss the essentialqualities of prcis writing. These arecompleteness, conciseness, clarity and unity andcoherence.


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COMPLETNESSA prcis should contain all essential ideas

dealt within the original passage. It should no

omit any important idea of fact. It should be

complete and self-contained.


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CONCLOSENESSBrevity, bint the hallmark of a prcis, the

language used in it should be clear brief andprecise. At the same time it should cover theoriginal ideas. Avoide literary frills,circumlocution expressions, redundancy and

ornamental phrases. Make it precise, simpleand easily comprehensible.


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CLARITYA prcis writer should express the mainideas of the original passage clearly and

meaningfully. It should be free from ambiguity

and redundancy. It should be intelligently

concise and easily comprehensible.


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UNITY AND COHERENCEA good prcis is not roere tabular presentation of

ideas of maxing out a list of the main points of ideasexpressed of the given passage. The points or ideas

should be presented coherently and in a logical

sequence. When read the prcis should appear like an

original piece of writing and should be intelligible.


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READ THE ORIGINALDOCUMENT

Read the passage carefully to understandwhat the passage is about and to get a generalidea of its meaning. Give a second and even a

third reading to identify the main theme and todistinguish the essential ideas and conceptsfrom the important ones.


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SELECT THEESSENTIAL POINTS

Read the process of selection andelimination of ideas now. Select the essentialpoints, jot the down and reject the rest.Prepare only the gist or the main purport ofthe passage that need to be presented in the

prcis. So make off the items, which youconsider non-essential from your list.

Summaries the theme of the Passage

Summaries the material on the basis of gist

of purport, which you prepared. Avoidrepetition. Illustration and examples. If manyexamples are given in support of points, retour one and omit there. Avoid circumlocutionand rhetoric expression.


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WRITE THE PRECISNow write down the preliminary draft onthe basis of your summary of the theme.

CHECH THE LENGTHCheck the length of the prcis. If it is more

than be required limit, go through the draft

again and delete and unnecessary words or

phrases or rewrite some sentences to out it

down to the suitable length.


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PREPARE THE FINALDRAFT

Read again and revise it. For the final

revision avoid redundancy, ambiguity,

verbosity, repetition, illustration idiomatic

usage and literary frills.

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