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i see some people like pulling random ideas from thin air and making them absolutisms. Have any of you actually worked as people who read and correct essays? If you have, you should know that extreme order can create the worst disorder.
having a clause is actually very, very effective. Making a random generalization as a thesis is not a great way to write unless you plan to break it down so intensely in a 500 page paper that your proofs are outlined in subsequent chapters.
Let's examine the implications of my idea.
suppose the thesis is "war is hell". That seems reasonable, right? Well so what? just another platitude. The reader prefers to get an immediate feel for what you're tying to argue in your essay, hence the thesis. If the essay is analytical in nature, it is organized like an argument. Meaning you state your premise, then make a generalization based on the premise, and use facts to support your generalization.
That's where "because" and clauses come in.
I like to start with a clause for the thesis statement. Your thesis rewritten would look like "Because assumptions about the nature of an object or event often lead to conclusions not warranted by facts, investigating the matter and obtaining all possible and relevant facts before making conclusions produces a more objective and justifiable position."
Or some other similar drivel.
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