In a chain of consequences lasting 1600 years, so did the dividing line between Catholic West and Orthodox East and then between Christian West and Muslim East. With changes in political fortune, Slavs, Illyrians and Turks all immigrated into the area and moved about within it, each group stubbornly maintaining its own identity. Jean Moroney A condensation is a list of the main points of an article, plus a statement of its theme. To condense, students analyze passages into their component parts, identify the logical relationships between the parts, and see how the parts integrate into a whole. Once students identify the main points, they practice expressing them exactly and economically.
Homework is assigned so that students can automatize the skills taught.
Condensing a piece of writing has many values. Condensation helps in understanding the piece, and in remembering it better. Condensation is also a helpful tool in editing, in philosophical detection, and in other kinds of analysis. Practice in condensation provides important logical and psycho-epistemological training. They will learn how to formulate each point exactly and how to cut out non-essentials.