Do's and Dont's of Precis Writing
Do's and Dont's of Precis Writing
• Start your precis with the main idea so that reader can quickly understand the
essence of the precis.
• He/she will know beforehand as to what should they expect in the written
precis.
• While writing a precis, make a suitable environment where all the points can
be described and discussed equally.
• As the main idea or the essence is established, you can follow it up with
some methods, facts, points, etc.
• As a precis is concise, compress it and make sure that the length is available
for you to retain the important data, keywords, and the concept.
• Removing the irrelevant data or sentence is as important as writing the
relevant points.
• Thus, identify the superfluous data and facts and keep the core idea of the
work only in the precis.
• If you are mentioning anything related to history or any historical data than
make sure that it is written in the past tense only.
• Also, remember to put the purpose as to why you are writing a precis in the
writing piece.
• This will help the reader understand what you wrote in the precis.
Dont’s of Precis Writing