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XI. Write a half-page precis of the text
Note: For this and other similar assignments the following phrases may be helpful. Try and use the ones that are most suitable for the occasion. 1. a) At the beginning of the story (in the beginning) the author describes (depicts, dwells on, touches upon, explains, introduces, mentions, recalls, characterizes, analyses, comments on, enumerates, points out, generalizes, criticizes, makes a few critical remarks on, reveals, exposes, accuses, blames, condemns, mocks at, ridicules, praises,-sings the praises of, sympathizes with, gives a summary of, gives his (an) , account of, makes an excursus into, digresses from the subject to describe the scenery, to enumerate, etc.). b) The story (the author) begins with a (the) description of (the introduction of, the mention of, the analysis of, a (the) comment on, a review of, an account of, a (the) summary of, the characterization of, (his) opinion of, (his) recollections of, the enumeration of, the criticism of, some (a few) critical remarks about (of, concerning, etc.), the accusation of, the exposure of, the (his) praises of, the ridicule of, the generalization of, an excursus into ) c)The story / opens with... (See list 1 b). d) The scene is laid in... . e) The opening scene shows (reveals)... f) We first see (meet) him (her, etc.) as a student of a medical college (a girl of fifteen, etc). 2 . Then (after that, further, further on, next) the author passes on to... (goes on from... to; goes on to say that...; gives a detailed (thorough) analysis (description, etc.) of...; digresses from the subject, etc.). (For the rest see the verbs in list 1 a).
b) The author concludes with... (See list 1 b). 15
c) The story ends with... (See list 1 b). d) To finish with, the author describes... (See list 1 a). e) At the end of the story the author draws the conclusion that... (comes ,to the conclusion that...). f) At the end of the story the author sums it all up (by saying, etc.). g) The concluding words are…
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