論文聲明

由加利McCarty

在一篇早先文章我寫關於那些的傾向教育在公立學校湧現入學院等級或勞工以「廚房水槽」方法到文字: 「某事黏附」的投擲一切那裡和希望也許湧出是這些人疊句。

現在,不要計數自己對這個傾向免疫。 幾乎大家在美國畢業入成年以這種文字方法。 我,并且我必須使和我的文字恢復原狀。

你這種方法範圍怎麼超出達到被聚焦的,有效的文字?

答復謊言在適當的計劃和準備,多數人和那個定期地俯視的文字過程的第一個階段。

這個第一個階段包括激發靈感,研究,組織和計劃。 認為這個過程作為漏斗。 寬面巷道在漏斗的上面代表作家的最初的努力在研究和考慮事項。

有,簡而言之,非常工作與,但,當所有說并且做時,只有信息那大量的一個小部分能通過小開頭過濾在漏斗的底部。 這個小開頭是作家必須選擇的點什麼是重要的和集中它(意欲的雙關語)入論文聲明。

什麼是論文聲明?

論文聲明是25個詞句子或,以便來在介紹段的最後并且介紹讀者給作家的論文和作家的圖紙證明那份論文。

我們看例子。

在從真實文字類採取的我更加早期的文章,學生請求寫關於有爭議電視做廣告。

學生A,我們將告訴蘇珊,做噸研究并且認為,應該調控所有電視做廣告。 原因你是她不認為應該看,例如,巴黎Hilton誘人地跳躍在游泳衣的孩子。 原因二是一些電視ads完全是攻勢并且降價美國文化。 那裡原因是其他ads是完全引入歧途的。

蘇珊,在幾個介紹背景句子以後,也許湧出筆認為的論文聲明: "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.

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