Master the Art of Summarizing and Titling
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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?

  • 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?

  • 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?

    <p>Get a clear idea of the subject from the passage as a whole and then sum it up in a suitable heading</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of finding a suitable title at the summarizing stage?

    <p>To define in your mind what the passage is about</p> Signup and view all the answers

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