论文声明

由加利McCarty

在一篇早先文章我写关于那些的倾向教育在公立学校涌现入学院等级或劳工以“厨房水槽”方法到文字: “某事黏附”的投掷一切那里和希望也许涌出是这些人叠句。

现在,不要计数自己对这个倾向免疫。 几乎大家在美国毕业入成年以这种文字方法。 我,并且我必须使和我的文字恢复原状。

你这种方法范围怎么超出达到被聚焦的,有效的文字?

答复谎言在适当的计划和准备,多数人和那个定期地俯视的文字过程的第一个阶段。

这个第一个阶段包括激发灵感,研究,组织和计划。 认为这个过程作为漏斗。 宽面巷道在漏斗的上面代表作家的最初的努力在研究和考虑事项。

有,简而言之,非常工作与,但,当所有说并且做时,只有信息那大量的一个小部分能通过小开头过滤在漏斗的底部。 这个小开头是作家必须选择的点什么是重要的和集中它(意欲的双关语)入论文声明。

什么是论文声明?

论文声明是25个词句子或,以便来在介绍段的最后并且介绍读者给作家的论文和作家的图纸证明那份论文。

我们看例子。

在从真实文字类采取的我更加早期的文章,学生请求写关于有争议电视做广告。

学生A,我们将告诉苏珊,做吨研究并且认为,应该调控所有电视做广告。 原因你是她不认为应该看,例如,巴黎Hilton诱人地跳跃在游泳衣的孩子。 原因二是一些电视ads完全是攻势并且降价美国文化。 那里原因是其他ads是完全引入歧途的。

苏珊,在几个介绍背景句子以后,也许涌出笔认为的论文声明: "All television advertising should be regulated because some ads are not suitable for children, some are misleading, and some cheapen and damage the fabric of American culture."

Now, agree with Susan or not, the reader absolutely knows where she stands (her thesis) and how she came to that conclusion (her three examples or substantiations).

Generally, three is the magic number, so any thesis should be coupled with three "proofs," or what I called "substantiations" earlier.Â

Three is not set in stone, but it’s a good number to aim for. One proof might be too skimpy; five might overwhelm the reader. It really depends on the subject matter and the writer’s knowledge and ability. (For a further explanation and illustration of thesis statements, please visit http://www.gc.maricopa.edu/English/essay/ .)

In my next article, I’ll show how to turn the three proofs in the thesis statement into the body of the writing itself and, along the way, into topic sentences that introduce the substantiating paragraphs that comprise the body.

After a career in journalism that started in the 1970s, Gary McCarty is now semi-retired and facilitating university classes while writing and producing his Weblog, http://grammarsucks.com.