Deductive Reasoning and Thesis Statement
Deductive vs Inductive Reasoning/Writing
Deductive Reasoning
This is what you were taught by Mrs. Brown in your high school English class. You probably were asked to do this quite a bit in your history and civics classes as well. In most cases, you were taught to come up with a point that you intend to make, and to put it into one sentence called the thesis statement. You would then come up with three more sentences that would support your thesis statement with three specific points. With these four ingredients, you wrote a straightforward five-paragraph essay, and hopefully got an A for your effort. Of course, for the purposes of writing an epinion, you may have less, or more, than three examples to present, and hopefully you have more.
The five paragraphs would be as follows. The first paragraph would introduce some introductory information about your subject. For example, if you were writing a book report for your high school class, a brief synopsis of the book's purpose and contents (or plot if it is fiction) would do, and the thesis statement would come at the end. The second paragraph then would start with your first point statement, and you would fill up the rest of the paragraph with facts to support your point. In a book review, they could be specific quotes from parts of the book. The paragraph would end by reiterating the point that was to be made. The third and fourth paragraphs repeat the same with the other two points you would be attempting to make. The fifth, and final paragraph, would start with a revised version of the thesis statement, tie together the three points you had made in the middle three paragraphs, and lead the reader into new insights by introducing minor new thoughts or asking a few questions. Very straight forward way to write an essay, or an epinion for that matter.
For many writers, and for many types of reviews, this is the way to go. It is logical, the thought process is easy to follow, and even for those who do not
Deductive Reasoning
This is what you were taught by Mrs. Brown in your high school English class. You probably were asked to do this quite a bit in your history and civics classes as well. In most cases, you were taught to come up with a point that you intend to make, and to put it into one sentence called the thesis statement. You would then come up with three more sentences that would support your thesis statement with three specific points. With these four ingredients, you wrote a straightforward five-paragraph essay, and hopefully got an A for your effort. Of course, for the purposes of writing an epinion, you may have less, or more, than three examples to present, and hopefully you have more.
The five paragraphs would be as follows. The first paragraph would introduce some introductory information about your subject. For example, if you were writing a book report for your high school class, a brief synopsis of the book's purpose and contents (or plot if it is fiction) would do, and the thesis statement would come at the end. The second paragraph then would start with your first point statement, and you would fill up the rest of the paragraph with facts to support your point. In a book review, they could be specific quotes from parts of the book. The paragraph would end by reiterating the point that was to be made. The third and fourth paragraphs repeat the same with the other two points you would be attempting to make. The fifth, and final paragraph, would start with a revised version of the thesis statement, tie together the three points you had made in the middle three paragraphs, and lead the reader into new insights by introducing minor new thoughts or asking a few questions. Very straight forward way to write an essay, or an epinion for that matter.
For many writers, and for many types of reviews, this is the way to go. It is logical, the thought process is easy to follow, and even for those who do not