Practice - Strategic Drills for Unseen Passages and Précis Writing
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Practice Questions
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What is an unseen passage?
💡 Hint: Think about what it means to read something for the first time.
Name one type of question found in unseen passages.
💡 Hint: These questions can often be answered just by looking in the text.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What is the core rule for writing a précis regarding word count?
💡 Hint: Recall the specific phrasing we used in class.
True or False: A précis can use the author's language verbatim.
💡 Hint: Think about the significance of originality in summarizing content.
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Challenge Problems
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You are given a passage about climate change. Draft a précis that strictly adheres to the one-third length rule while maintaining coherence. Analyze what you've included or excluded.
💡 Hint: Prioritize significant impacts of climate change.
Read a provided passage and create two inferential questions based on its content, distinguishing from direct questions.
💡 Hint: Consider implications rather than surface details.
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