Whether directly or covertly, consider these five universal factors as necessary to cover in any informative writing. Informative writing can be narrative or argumentative, but both require sources for evidence and some forethought to link all of the author's concepts together.

When writing -and especially when speaking about any topic-
it is important to convey, either explicitly or implicitly the following information to any reader:

(All good writing is a prelude to clear and clever speaking.)

A:- explicit -- from explicate, to show. A thesis explicitly conveys the point you argued.

Unambiguously demonstrated by the exact words; verbatim recall

B:- implicit -- implied, clearly stated, inherent in the meaning.

Understood generally from context by reading between the lines, usually open to some range of personal interpretation.

A theme is a subtext, implicit within, and supporting of or contrasting with, other themes to explore a concepts related to a thesis in good writings. Good writing consists of an intelligible structure.

An intelligible structure arises from the focus on:

Who | What | When | Where | How

• Who says this and their level of authority is?
  
  
• What are they saying and what is important about focusing on that?
  
  
• When did they say it; in what period did it occur? For how long did it last?
  
  
• Where was this being said, where are these authorities from, & where did these events occur?
  
  
• How do they say it (voice, emphasis, tone) and how do they describe (narrative) events or argue (present evidence) their case?
  
  
• Why should we pay attention to you?
  • What is the significance of your point?
    
• How much evidence is there for your interpretation?
  
• Who are the authorities on the subject?
  
• Where is the critical information to sustain the evidence for your beliefs?
  
• When was this matter last taken seriously?
  
• Your suggestions and remedy for this state of affairs should be clearly stated in the beginning and restated more convincingly at the conclusion.

Stick to your message.

Leave a distinct, lasting & persuasive impression on readers or listeners.

The art of good writing

Criteria used to judge your writing

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Two words with the same root,tiqenai; diverge into a wide meaning and a narrowly distinct meaning:

1. Theme the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic : the theme of the sermon was reverence | a show on the theme of waste and recycling.

ORIGIN Middle English : via Old French from Latin thema, from Greek, literally ‘proposition’ ; related to tithenai ‘to set or place.’

For example: the theme of her speech subject, topic, subject matter, matter, thesis, argument, text, burden, concern, thrust, message; thread, motif, keynote.

2. Thesis is a statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved: his central thesis is that psychological life is not part of the material world.

ORIGIN late Middle English (sense 3) : via late Latin from Greek, literally ‘placing, a proposition,’ from the root of tithenai ‘to place.’

For example: The central thesis of his lecture theory, contention, argument, line of argument, proposal, proposition, idea, claim, premise, assumption, hypothesis, postulation, supposition.

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