What Is a Précis

question 6

Multiple Choice

What is a précis?

• A) A general description of the contents of a report.
• B) Another term for executive summary.
• C) The key points of the report.
• D) An evaluative summary that presents a measure of professional judgement in addition to the aims, results, conclusions and recommendations of the report.
• E) An informative piece of text that presents the aim, results, conclusions and recommendations of the report.

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Definitions:

Court Opinion

A written statement by a judge or a court of the reasoning and the principles of law used in reaching a decision of a case.

Law Review

An academic journal focusing on legal issues, typically run by students at a law school, publishing scholarly articles on various legal topics.

Reporter

A book in which court cases are published or reported.

Publication

The process of making information, literature, music, software, and other content available to the public, traditionally through printing and increasingly via digital formats.