POLA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Euthanasia, Immigration Policy, Client Politics
14 Feb 2018
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Synthesis: bringing items together to form a new, coherent whole. Marks of a good thesis: your thesis is a conclusion for which you are arguing. It unifies your paper, since every part of your paper should help to support your thesis: the thesis should be precise no vague terms. E. g. here is a poor thesis: in this paper i will define active euthanasia" and will then examine some of the merits and drawbacks of active euthanasia. I will then present my own argument on the practice. Starting with a provisional thesis: so a better thesis is: Thesis determines relevance: once you have a thesis, you can identify which items from another paper are especially relevant to your own project. Make sure these points are clear in your final draft. If you use direct quotation, explain the point of your quotation in your own words, so that the reader can see its relevance to your project.
