Rhetorical Precis

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Difference between rhetorical precis and general summary

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Considers rhetorical aspects and content

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Sentences in a rhetorical precis

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4

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First sentence's purpose

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Author name, genre, title, theme/ central idea

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Second sentence's purpose

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Author's support of thesis/ central idea

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Third sentence's purpose

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Purpose/ motive: why the author is writing this...

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Fourth sentence's purpose

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Author's intended audience

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Rhetorical devices or appeals

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Second (2)

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Overall tone of the piece

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Fourth (4)

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Active reading techniques

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Skim text & Take notes on main ideas

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French for 'Precis'

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