ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

  Curriculum Vitae/Resume                   "A  resume with working experience details is CV." Resume belongs to fresher ones whereas CV belongs to experienced ones . Introduction: Curriculum Vitae, Abbreviated as CV, is also called RESUME with experience. The term Curriculum Vitae is a British English term whereas Resume is an American English term Oxford dictionary defines it as: "A written record of your education and the jobs you have done, that you send when you are applying for a new job." It is also known as vita , a record of a university/college teacher's education and experience, also including a list of books and articles that they have published and courses that they have taught, used when they are applying for a new job. There are as many opinions on the subject of resumes as there are job seekers! A basic and comprehensive definition that gives a holistic idea of a resume...

                         Precis Writing A Precis is a short summary . It is not a paraphrase, which merely says in different and simpler words exactly what the passage being paraphrased has to say. A paraphrase may be a long as the passage itself. A précis rarely is more than one-third the length of the original selection and may be only one-fourth as long. A Précis gives only the "heart" of a passage. It omits repetition and such details as examples, illustrations, and adjectives unless they are of unusual importance. A Precis is written entirely in the words of the person writing it, not in the words of the original selection. Avoid the temptation to lift long phrases and whole sentences from the original. A Precis is written from the point of view of the author whose work is being summarized . Do not begin with...