College Composition / Unit 13 CMP 0309 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Thesis in the Middle
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The idea
A thesis can also appear in the middle of a piece when readers need complicated background before they can understand it.
In practice
Wherever the thesis appears, the writer is obliged to make it unmistakable to readers.
Where people slip
Beginning writers do well to keep the thesis near the start until they have a reason to move it.
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