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When should you supply a title for your precis?
When should you supply a title for your precis?
- At the beginning of the passage
- At the end of the passage
- After reading the entire passage
- During the stage of summarizing the passage (correct)
What is a key-sentence in the context of summarizing a passage?
What is a key-sentence in the context of summarizing a passage?
- A sentence that is unrelated to the passage
- A sentence that is difficult to understand
- A sentence that is found at the beginning or end of the passage (correct)
- A sentence that provides a summary of the passage
In the given example, what is the key-sentence for the passage?
In the given example, what is the key-sentence for the passage?
- Hospitality is a virtue for which the natives of the East in general are highly and deservedly admired (correct)
- Exercise 148, No. 20
- This at once suggests the short title of 'Eastern Hospitality'
- The natives of the East are admired for their hospitality
What should you do if there is no convenient key-sentence in the passage?
What should you do if there is no convenient key-sentence in the passage?
What is the purpose of finding a suitable title at the summarizing stage?
What is the purpose of finding a suitable title at the summarizing stage?