Making A Summary

Q:1 Write down any five skills of making a summary? OR  How many skills are there to make a précis? Mention any three name of them? OR   What points must be kept in mind while making a summary ? OR What is a good summary?

Ans. The five skills needed to make a précis of good summary. .

i)             Generalizing

ii)            Selection of main ideas

iii)           To compress several words into one word or phrase

iv)           Avoiding direct speech

v)            Avoiding personal opinion

Q:2  Describe the first skill to make a précis? OR Describe the Generalizing?

Ans. The first skill is generalizing this means the selection of a general word or phrase for a long ling list of words. An example is “Oranges, bananas, apples, grapes”. All these can come under the general word ‘fruit’.