- identifies the topic of the essay,
- states the main points developed in the essay,
- clarifies how all of the main points are logically related, and
- conveys the purpose of the essay.
Sunday, June 21, 2015
Thinking about Thinking Out of the Pox
"Neither Logic
Nor Sermons
Convince"
(Thinking about Thinking
out of the Pox)
Somewhat Surreal
but not as
severe as Dada:
exploring
frontiers yet
unknown.
Begin with the
common sense,
say Professional
School-Talk
and the Sound of
Institutional
Effectiveness
sample
Probably the
most important sentence in an essay is the thesis statement, which
is a sentence that conveys the thesis—the main point and purpose
of the essay. The thesis is what gives an essay a purpose and a
point, and, in a well-focused essay,every part of the essay helps
the writer develop and support the thesis in some way.
The thesis
should be stated in your introduction as one complete sentence
that
Tie a gold thread
tight to
this standard, then
wonder
as I wander how far
beyond
borders I might
bear the torch
(lux et veritas)
over the edge &
beyond, barely
cognizant—no:
ignorant how my
lucid scheming
occludes all the
darkness I would illuminate:
Ultima Thule in my
own
terms-of-desire:
measurable
aims, assessable
goals.
Stick in a thumb.
Pull out a plumb.
O what a good boy
am I.
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