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ilovemycat:
hello :)

so im writing my discovery essay and my thesis is something like humanity's propensity to discover prompts individuals and societies to change .... (the rest is irrelevant to this) . i want to focus my core text (bill brysons, short history of nearly everything - a.s.h.o.n.e) on societal change. and my related on individual change.

but ashone is my core text. and my thesis lists individuals first, but ashone focusses on society not individuals. and im told that the order you list them in your thesis should be the order you talk about them.

 im thinking, if i just change my thesis to "...humanitys propensity to discover prompts social and individual, it'd sound a bit awkward.

so (if that makes any sense) should i tlk about my related first (individuals) and then core text (society) so that the scope of disocveries impacts broadens as my essay goes on??

elysepopplewell:
While the vast majority of essays definitely do put the core first, there's no place that says it has to be this way, and looking at the criteria, I can't see anything that infers the core has to go first. Happy for someone to disagree, but it seems like you've got the grounds to make a very successful essay from the sounds of it, so I'd give it a shot! If it doesn't work out, you can re-arrange it and see which way it sounds better :)

ilovemycat:
thank you! :D

SpanishPear:
Agreeing with
 
--- Quote from: elysepopplewell on November 24, 2017, 08:49:43 pm ---While the vast majority of essays definitely do put the core first, there's no place that says it has to be this way, and looking at the criteria, I can't see anything that infers the core has to go first. Happy for someone to disagree, but it seems like you've got the grounds to make a very successful essay from the sounds of it, so I'd give it a shot! If it doesn't work out, you can re-arrange it and see which way it sounds better :)

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Tbh, i personally put my core first because it is the RELATED text so they need to know what ideas im relating it too, however if your essay flows better that way go for it! LIke Elyse said, it doesnt need to follow any particular structure :)

martinnguyen1778:

--- Quote from: elysepopplewell on November 24, 2017, 08:49:43 pm ---While the vast majority of essays definitely do put the core first, there's no place that says it has to be this way, and looking at the criteria, I can't see anything that infers the core has to go first. Happy for someone to disagree, but it seems like you've got the grounds to make a very successful essay from the sounds of it, so I'd give it a shot! If it doesn't work out, you can re-arrange it and see which way it sounds better :)

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Hi ilovemycat,

I agree with Elyse. I somehow find it more interesting to writing the core text first and then the related text follows. It just makes for sense to me personally

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