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ART OF CONDENSATION The Art of Condensation is a process to make any piece of writing precise by omitting unnecessary elements. This art of condensation in creative writing is synonymous with précis writing. Précis Etymologically French Latin
French Precis
Praecidere
Precise
To cut short
to say something precisely
According to Collin’s Dictionary: “To make a précis of a given passage is to extract its main points and express them clearly”. According to Oxford’s Dictionary: “A concise or abridged statement, a summary, or abstract.” In fact a précis or the Art of Condensation is just a straight forward statement of the barefacts without any unnecessary trimming. That means it must be able to ‘stand alone’ and make a complete sense. Characteristics of Art of Condensation We should remember 5 Cs as characteristics of Art of Condensation. 1. Completeness
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Compactness
3. Conciseness
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Clarity
5. Coherence 1. Completeness: The précis must have the essential contents of the original passage without omitting any important fact. 2. Compactness: All the ideas we produced from the original document should form compactness. The words and sentences should convey a sense of unity with each other.
3. Conciseness: Brevity is the essence of précis. It is achieved by avoiding repetitions and omitting ornamental phrases etc. but brevity should not be achieved at the cost of clarity. There should be economy of words but not of ideas. 4. Clarity: The précis should have clarity of expressions. This can be achieved by getting rid of redundancy. It should be in the language which could be understood by everyone. 5. Coherence: The main theme should run through the sentences like the string of a necklace. All the sentences and ideas in a précis should follow one after other in an unbreakable chain. They should follow a natural order of development. One sentence should suggest the next and so on. Above all the précis should not look like a collection of disjointed sentences, but a well connected one. STEPS OF PRÉCIS WRITING 1. Identify the Reader and Purpose of Précis: Determine how formal the précis could be. Required details should be included. 2. Read the Original Document: A thorough and slow reading of paragraph is required. 3. Underline the Key Idea and Concepts: Underline the main points. 4. Write a Suitable, Explanatory, Title: it should sums up the passage. 5. Write a Note From Summary: It’s better to sum up the paragraph in points. Omit irrelevant information. 6. Write the Précis: Frame summarized points into coherent sentences. 7. Review and Edit: compare with original document. PRÉCIS FORMATION Title Points: 1. 2. 3. 4. Précis:
