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Essay Writing Basics: The Thesis Statement
Earlier pieces note that essays exist to advance ideas, and those ideas are often arrived at through answering a series of questions. The chief idea that an essay will advance is its thesis, and the statement of a thesis is the most important statement in an essay. Indeed, the whole rest of the essay exists to serve…