ENGL 003 Lecture 29: Précis - Writing 2- English
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Preparation for summarizing: really speaking summarizing is a test of your ability to separate what is essential in a passage from what is irrelevant. In other words, it is a test of your knowledge of english language practice, of course, will make a man perfect i summarizing as in any other art. Some amount of dictionary work over the meanings of unfamiliar words and expression will helpful even though your progress is slow in the beginning, you will improve with a due amount of practice. Giving a heading: after summarizing a giving passage, always give it a heading. Thus you must convey an impression on the examiner that you understand the main trend of the passage . It is not; however, enough to select some striking phrase from the original and use it as a heading. A heading must central idea of a given passage it should be as brief as possible and there must no verb in it.