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Rhetorical Precis
A précis is a concise summary of a work. When the work is
rhetoric, the precis is called a rhetorical precis.
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It comprises four coherent sentences following this format:
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1. In a single, coherent sentence give the following:
-name of the author, title of the work, genre, date in
parentheses and…
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1. (contd.) -a rhetorically accurate transitive verb (such as
"assert," "argue," "deny," "refute," "prove,"
disprove," "explain," etc.) and
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1st (contd.) …and a that clause containing the central claim
(thesis statement) of the work.
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In the essay “Get A Knife, Get a Dog, But Get Ride of Guns”
(1993) Molly Ivins argues that guns pose a serious threat to
Americans and should be banned.
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2nd sentence: summarizse the strategies the author employs to develop the central claim, followed by the phrase “in order to” which…
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2nd (contd.) which introduces a very brief summary of the effect the author seems to be trying to create in the hearts and minds of
the audience.
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2. Ivins develops her thesis by using examples, an analogy and a counterargument regarding the Second Amendment in order to persuade her audience to feel concern about gun violence in
America.
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3rd sentence: gives a statement of the author's purpose
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3. Her purpose is to ridicule the notion that the Second
Amendment gives ordinary citizens the right to bear arms and
use them against each other.
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4th sentence gives a description of the intended audience and/or the
relationship the author establishes with the audience.
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4. Her audience seems to be people who do not own guns and are
concerned about gun violence.