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PRECISWRITING
FORAMERICANSCHOOLS
METHODSOFABRIDGING,SUMMARIZING
CONDENSING
WITHCOPIOUSE!ERCISES
EDITEDBY
SAMUELIHURBER
NewtonHighSchool
FOREWORDBY
KCHARLESSWAINTHOMAS
Harvard,UhiverszTty
BOSTONI
LITTLE,BROWN,ANDCOMPANY
1936
FOREWORD
universities.
ViFOREWORD
throughoutGreatBritain. articulate.
CHARLESSWAINTHOMAS
THEGRADUATESCHOOLOFEDUCATION
HARVARDUNIVERSITY
PREFACE
neitherclear-cutimagenorabstractidea?
VliiPREFACE
andcomposition. writing,and gratitude.
PREFACEix
Yeomans.
RooseveltTsTheStrenuousLife.
Dodd,MeadCompany!fromLafcadioHearn.
GeorgeH.DoranCompany!fromArnoldBennett.
GinnandCompany!fromHeloiseE.Hersey.
publishersoftheworksofsaidauthors. _E.H.Lecky.
Taussig.
RooseveltTsAmericanIdeals.
Dyke. xPREFACE
H.W.WilsonCompany!fromEdmundandWilliams,
ToaslerTsHandbook.
America.V
JamesofNewYork.
SAMUELTHURBER
NEWTONHIGHSCHOOL
SEPTEMBER,1924
CONTENTS
PAGE
INTRODUCTION
WhatPrécisWritingIs
HowToMakeaPrécis
PrécisofOralReading
OralPrécis
NarrativePrécis
PrécisofaPoem
PrécisoftheSonnet
Paragraph-Study
Review!uestionsonPrecrsWriting
SomeBooksaboutPrécisWriting
SELECTIONSFORPRACTICEINPRECISWRITING
NarrativePassages
ParagraphsofExpositionandDiscussion
diWicnlt)
ShortDescriptivePassages
SelectionsOfTwoorMoreParagraphs
Letters
Poetry
AGroupOfSonnets
Index
PREGISWRITING
ItsPurpose,Value,andMethod,withExamples
fromWorkofHigh-SchoolStudents
WHATPRECISWRITINGIs
PresidentOftheBoardOfEducation1refers
,constantlyto 3
4PRECISWRITING
muchcondensedform.V1 letter,orSpeech. morebOOksOffertheirhoneyforustosip.
WHATPRECISWRITINGIS5
moreinsomemeasureaneducatedperson.
1C.L.Thomson,PrécisWritingforSchools.
6PRECISWRITING
préciswriting. onegoodsentence.V(1919) substanceofthefollowingparagraph.(1922)
PRECISWRITING
mayconceivablybeabettercitizen.V1
HOWToMAKEAPRECIS
ExaminationBoard.
betakenatthisWrstperusal.
HOWTOMAKEAPRECIS9
copyyourcomposition,andyourtaskisdone.
NOTESANDWARNINGS
fromthenotesandwarningsthatfollow. ofasummary.
IoPRECISWRITING
closelytogether. donotrepeatyourself.
HOWTOMAKEAPRECIS11
(Noticeexamplesonpages15,16,20,22,
Manyhaveactuallybeendoneinlesstime.
I2PRECISWRITING
E!AMPLESOFPRECISWRITING
BYHIGHRSCHOOLSTUDENTS
toGirls.Readitcarefully. middleage.
E!AMPLESOFPRECISWRITINGI3
takeasthestartingpointofoursummary? graphprintedinthisfashion thatyoumaybeabletotell thetrutheasilyandaccurately.
2.Butitisanotherandmore
diXicultmatter.toprescribethe meansbywhichthismaybedone.
4.Thereadingofthebestbooks
andconversationwithcultivated folkarebothhelpstothefreeuse tolookitupatthemoment.
8.Ifthatisimpossible,itmustbe
writtenWrmlyonthememoryand tracedattheWrstOpportunity.
9.Itisgoodtoencourageinyour
selfthehabitOidawdlingalittle overthedictionary.10.Itisthe onlyplacewheredawdlingreaps aharvest.11.Tolearntwonew wordsaday,thoroughlytolearn them,sothattheirusewillnothave aforeign _accent,Ristoinsurea markaboutimportanceoflargevocabulary.
2R3.INTRODUCTIONCONTINUED.
Everygirlmustworkoutherown
wayofincreasinghervocabulary.
4.INTRODUCTIONCONCLUDED.
Readingand.conversationbothhelp.
enlargingyourvocabulary.
6R10.THEMEE!PANDED.Look
thedictionarylater.Getthehabit
Ofglancingoverthedictionary.It
isaUdawdlingVhabitthatpays.
11.CONCLUSION.Thoroughly
masteringtwonewwordsaday meansalargevocabularybymiddle age.
14PRECISWRITING
dictionary. willbestWttheselection?
1.ENLARGINGONETSVOCABULARY
2.ADVANTAGESOFALARGEVOCABULARY
V-OCABULARY
4.EVERYONEMAKESHISOWNVOCABULARY
iswriting. foranabstract. summary.
I6PRECISWRITING
bothacolonandasemicolon.
TitleINDIANSDOUBLYWRONGED
(46words) knittogetherbyaskillfuluseOfconnectives.
E!AMPLESOFPRECISWRITING17
MacaulayTsLifeofJohnson.
OldJ.poorbus.mansinksinpov.couldnotsend
nersamazeprofs.alsoreadingandquotes.
TitleJOHNSONGOESTOCOLLEGE
I8PRECISWRITING
.para
Original
lessgainfulcallingthanatthetime whenJohnsontookuphisresidence inLondon.Intheprecedinggener ationawriterofeminentmeritwas suretobemuniWcentlyrewardedby
Sinecureplace;and,ifheshowed
aLordoftheTreasury,anAm bassador,aSecretaryofState.It wouldbeeasy,ontheotherhand, tonameseveralwritersofthenine teenthcenturyofwhomtheleast successfulhasreceivedfortythou sandpoundsfromthebooksellers.
ButJohnsonenteredonhisvocation
inthemostdrearypartofthedreary intervalwhichseparatedtwoages
Ofprosperity.Literaturehadceased
toXourishunderthepatronageof thegreat,andhadnotbegunto
XourishUnderthepatronageofthe
public.Onemanofletters,indeed,
Pope,hadacquiredbyhispenwhat
wasthenconsideredasahandsome fortune,andlivedonafootingof qualitywithnoblesandministers ofstate. exceptiOn.Evenan _authorwhose
Authorswereneversopoorlypaid
aswhenJohnsoncametolivein
London.
Theperiodwhenwritersflourished
underthepatronageofstatesmenhad passed.
Butthetimehadnotyetarrivedwhen
theyreceivedlargeproWtsfromthe saleoftheirbookstothepublic.
WiththeexceptionofPope,who
madealargefortunebywriting, literarymenremainedmiserablypoor.
PRECISOFORALREADING19
whoseworkswerepopular,suchan authorasThomson,whoseSeasons wereineverylibrary,suchanauthor asFielding,whosePasquinhadhad agreaterrunthananydramasince
TheBeggarTsOpera,wassometimes
gladS atacookshopunderground,where hecouldwipehishands,afterhis greasymeal,onthebackofaNew foundlanddog.Itiseasy,there fore,toimaginewhathumiliations andprivationsmusthaveawaited thenovicewhohadstilltoearna name.Oneofthepublishersto whomJohnsonappliedforemploy mentmeasuredwithascornfuleye thatathleticthoughuncouthframe, andexclaimed,UYouhadbetterget aporterTsknot,andcarrytrunks.V
Norwastheadvicebad,foraporter'
waslikely.tobeasplentiftfed authorsasThomsonandFielding.
Sodreary,indeed,wasthecondition
ofliteraturethatJohnsonwould probablyhaveearnedabetterliving asaporterthanasaprofessional writer. (351words)(100words)
PRECISOFORALREADING
20PRECISWRITING
concentrationwhichitengenders. theysodesire. E general,mighttheybeimproved? (164words) lifeshouldneverbeforgotten.(24words) (30words)
PRECISOFORALREADING21
(41words) oftheworld.(61words) abstract. defects;decideforyourselfwhichisthebest.
22PRECISWRITING
(325words)
CARDINALNEWMAN,TheIdeaofaUniversity
24PRECISWRITING
summarizingintenortwelveminutes. G
YouallknowthefamousstoryofJackandtheBean
Hereisaprécisofthestoryin150words.
PRECISOFAPOEM
PRECISOFAPOEM25
tionforthesuccessfulmakingofabstracts. onpages119R148. H aryaTseniorclasswasaskedtoopenTheGolden
SongsandLyricsatthispoem!
DEATHTHELEVELER
Thegloriesofourbloodandstate
Areshadows,notsubstantialthings;
Thereisnoarmouragainstfate;
Deathlayshisicyhandlon;kings
SceptreandCrown
Musttumbledown,
SomemenwithswordsmayreaptheWeld,
Andplantfreshlaurelswheretheykill
Buttheirstrongnervesatlastmustyield;
TheytamebutoneanotherstillT
Earlyorlate
Theystooptofate,
PRECISWRITING
Thegarlandswitheronyourbrow;
Seewherethevictor-victimbleeds!
Yourheadsmustcome
Tothecoldtomb;
Onlytheactionsofthejust
Smellsweet,andblossomintheirdust.
JAMESSHIRLEY
whatwayscouldtheybothbeimproved? (29words) andneverdie.(48words)
PRECISOFTHESONNET
PRECISOFASONNET27
I someoftheexcellentpointsineach.
THEHUMANSEASONS
FourSeasonsWllthemeasureoftheyear;
Therearefourseasonsinthemindofman
HehashislustySpring,whenfancyclear
Takesinallbeautywithaneasyspan!
HehashisSummer,whenluxuriously
SpringTshoneyedcudofyouthfulthoughthe
Toruminate,andbysuchdreaminghigh
Isnearestuntoheaven!quietcoves
HissoulhasinitsAutumn,whenhiswings
Hefurlethclose;contentedsotolook
OnmistsInidlenesstoletfairthings
Passbyunheededasathresholdbrook.
HehashisWintertooofpalemisfeature,
Orelsehewouldforegohismortalnature.
theendisnear.(63words)
28PRECISWRITING
PARAGRAPHRSTUDY
formsofprose. beusedasmodelsforstudyandimitation.
Narrativeparagraphs(SeleCtions1R13)
Paragraph(3,5,6,7,12)
Paragraphsofconversation(5,7,8,9)
Descriptiveparagraphs(73R85)
Descriptionsofpersons(76,77,78,81)
ofdescriptiveterms(73,74,81,83,84,85,89) (13.33.79) paragraphs(16,20,58,66)
67.96)
PARAGRAPHRSTUDY29
24.73.87.94.95)
answer(27.37.43.52.61.64.87)
29.31.44.49.56.68.73.76.85.89.97)
99,100,101,102,103,107,108,109)
Summarizingparagraphs(86,95,103,107)
30PRECISWRITING
REVIEW!UESTIONSONPRECISWRITING
WhichisthemoredifWculttowrite?Why?
to-day? thoughtfromaprintedpage? longparagraph? composition? not/ourishinpréciswork? anepigrammaticstyle? suchastyle? highestorderV? préciswriting? spondence? entranceexaminations?
PRECISWRITING
poorprécis.
UAGREATIMPROVEMENT
deathfor!
2.stealing
3.injuringtrees
4.cuttinghop-bands
5.variousotherthings.
agreatdeal.
BOOKSONTPRECISWRITING
BOOKSONPRECISWRITING1
EVANS,L.E.,AHandbookofPrécisWriting.
Cambridge(England)!UniversityPress.1913
GAYR.M.,WritingThroughReading.Ch.IV.
Boston!TheAtlanticMonthlyPress.1920
NewYork!AppletonCO.1919
MURISON,J.T.,PrécisWriting.
Cambridge(England)!UniversityPress.1914
London!BlackieSon.1917
Oxford(England)!UniversityPress.1913
THOMSON,C.L.,PrécisWritingforSchools.
London!HoraceMarshallSon.1920
READY,A.W.,Present-DayPrécis.
London!GeorgeBellSons.1922
WINBOLT,S.E.,MatriculationPrécis.
London!GeorgeBellSons.1921
TeachingofEnglishinEngland.(SeeIndex)
themfromEngland.
SELECTIONSFORPRACTICEIN
PRECISWRITING
NARRATIVEPASSAGES
workwithboysandgirls.(SeeNo.4,page 1 (177words)BENJAMINFRANKLIN,Autobiography 34
NARRATIVEPASSAGES35
minutesbyhigh-schoolpupils.WhatdetailsL oftheoriginal yourdecision. wasusefulwhichwasnothonest.(62words) (43words)
Précis-
2 butmostformidableanimalamastihS ,ifIrememberrightly.The
AtlanticMonthly!Dogs
36PRECISWRITING
3 surf. 4 !SpecialDispatchtoTheHerald! trainNO.40wasdue. curve. tobudge.Thetraincamecloser.
TheBostonHorald
NARRATIVEPASSAGES37
5 high. werethestoveinitsregularplaceonthe#oor.V mightbehadatnight. underit. stovewasinsuchapositionU throughtheroof.V
EDMUNDANDWILLIAMS,ToasterTsHandbook
6
38PRECISWRITING
thecuriousthingontheback. toadsforhim;onewasenoughforalifetime!
WILLIAML.UNDERWOOD,WildBrother
7 questoftheirrespectiveanimals. theworstofitinahorse-trade.
ANTHONYGROSS,LincolnTsOwnStories
40PRECISWRITING
hadtogo _tolawandmakehimdoit.V itrains. 10 orheardanythingofthemmore.
RWASHINGTONIRVING,TheSketch-Book
NARRATIVEPASSAGES41
11 morethanoneoccasion.
AftersometimethedogmadeaWercerun.
harmlessstoodtheowlasbefore. let' 12
42PRECISWRITING
(33words) 13
EXPOSITIONANDDISCUSSION43
helpcouldevercome. thatmakesthewholeworldkin.
RJACOBRIIS,HeroesWhoFightFire
PARAGRAPHSOFE!POSITIONANDDISCUSSION
44PRECISWRITING
44752,57
14
JOHNRUSKIN,SesameandLilies
details?Whatimprovementswouldyousuggest? tothemforadvice.(37words) 15
EXPOSITIONANDDISCUSSION45
teacherstobehad,itcanteachitself. 16 explainedthemystery.
BURTONJ.HENDRICK,TheAgeofBigBusiness
17 andanobservingmind. 18
PRECISWRITING
astonishedtoWndhowvastaglobeIinhabited.
WASHINGTONIRVING,TheSketchBook
quotesdbs_dbs7.pdfusesText_13
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