Today, I will give you a few minutes to finish your Precis in class. Then will will discuss what you came up with. Discuss Assata. Then look at another example of precis writing - either "Fly the Friendly Skies" or "No Named Woman"
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Name of author, [optional: a phrase describing author], genre, title of the work, date in parentheses (additional publishing information in parentheses or note); a rhetorically accurate verb (such as “assert,” “argue,” “suggest,” “imply,” “claim,” etc.); and a that clause containing the major assertion (thesis statement) of the work. First - AP Classroom.
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An explanation of how the author develops and/or supports the thesis, usually in chronological order.
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A statement of the author’s apparent purpose followed by an “in order to” phrase.
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A description of the intended audience (and/or the relationship the author establishes
with the audience) and a description of his or her tone.
HW: read chapter 3 Assata
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