Précis Writing / Precise Writing and Summary Writing (Unit four)
Précis Writing , Precise Writing and Summary Writing Difference between Summary and Précis Précis Summary 1. A précis is a concise information having condensed meaning in a smaller number of words than those in the original text. 1. A summary too presents information in a smaller number of words. 2. It has a fixed system of the number of words like one third or one fourth of the original text (generally one third). There is no compromise with the number of words except that only five plus or minus words may be compromised. 2. It does not have any fixed system regarding the number of words. It depends upon the author what he wants to do. 3. It is shorter version of original information. It is a replica of the original information because the meaning must not change. One must not mix one's own ideas in the p récis. 3. Sometimes, a summary may have a greater number of...