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Précis Writing , Precise Writing and Summary Writing      Difference between Summary and Précis Précis Summary 1. A précis is a concise document having condensed meaning in a smaller number of words than those in the original document. 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 document. 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 document. It is a shorter replica of the original document because the meaning must not change.  3. Sometimes, a summary may have a greater number of words than the original text like the summary of a poem. ...

Syllabus BBA/BCA/B.Sc/B.Com English First Year This page contains Syllabus and notes both. See below:- Syllabus of UG I Year: Foundation Course English (B.A., B.Sc., B.Com. BBA ) - FC A. Program: UG Level; Year: 2021-22; Session: 2021 Onwards Class: I Year Subject: Foundation Course (English) Course Code: X1 –FCHB 1T Course Title: English Language and Indian Culture Course Type: Foundation Course Credit Value: 2 credits; Total Marks: 50; Pass Marks: 17 Note: This Course will be studied by all the students of UG level under the foundation course Category. Content of the Course Unit I Reading, Writing and Interpretation Skills: 1. Where the Mind is Without Fear – Rabindranath Tagore  [Key Word: Patriotism]   Click here for notes and the poem Where the mind is without fear 2. National Education – M.K. Gandhi  [Key Word: Edification]   Click here for notes and the lesson National Education 3. The Axe – R.K. Narayan  [Key Word: Environment]  ...

Unit 3 Communication What is communication? Communication involves the transmission of information from one person to another. Alternatively, we may call it the process of sharing information between two or more people. Linguistic Analysis of the Word "Communication" The word "communication" has been taken from Latin Words "Communicat" and "Communicare" which mean share information / intelligence and from another word "communis" which means "common." Definition of Communication Communication has been defined in many ways. Let us examine some definitions. They are as follows:- According to Newman and Summer, “It is an exchange of ideas, facts, opinions or emotions by two or more persons.” According to Glenn & Smith, “Communication is a dynamic process that individuals use to exchange ideas, relate experiences, and share desires through speaking, writing, gestures or sign language”. According to Allen Louis "Commu...

  The Axe  by  R.K. Narayan An astrologer passing through the village foretold that Velan would live in a three-storeyed house surrounded by many acres of garden. At this everybody gathered round young Velan and made fun of him. For Koppal did not have a more ragged and godforsaken family than Velan’s. His father had mortgaged every bit of property he had, and worked, with his whole family, on other people’s lands in return for a few annas a week . . . A three-storeyed house for Velan indeed! . . . But the scoffers would have congratulated the astrologer if they had seen Velan about thirty or forty years later. He became the sole occupant of Kumar Baugh—that palatial house on the outskirts of Malgudi town. When he was eighteen Velan left home. His father slapped his face one day for coming late with the midday-meal, and he did that in the presence of others in the field. Velan put down the basket, glared at his father and left the place. He just walked out of the vill...