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WorksheetsWriting a Precis
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 11mins
A good thesis statement may also briefly introduce the key reasons or evidence you will use to support your opinion. This helps guide the reader and the rest of your paper.
(a)
In summarizing, identifying these in a text is important.
(a)
A summary should be in the author’s own words.
False
True
A good summary should be the (a) or meat of the text.
One characteristic of a good summary is that it is much (a) than the original story.
A good summary does not include your own IDEAS or (a) .
Writing down EVERYTHING from the text is considered ___.
A summary
Not a summary
Copying word-for-word from the original text is an example of what is NOT a (a) .
In literature, one way to get the main idea is to identify elements such as character, setting, and (a) .
In academic writing, this term means “a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts.”
(a)
Give one technique in précis writing that involves reading the material multiple times.
(a)
Writing your draft and making changes until you get the final version is called (a) .
