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... feel of beginning , middle , and end . The mind likes this triple order . Three has always been a magic num- ber . The woodcutter always has three sons or three daughters ; even the physical universe has three dimensions . Three has a ...
... feel of beginning , middle , and end . The mind likes this triple order . Three has always been a magic num- ber . The woodcutter always has three sons or three daughters ; even the physical universe has three dimensions . Three has a ...
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... feel the need to mix the orders of time and space in your presentation , stopping your local history to show your reader a building floor by floor , for example . Here is a remarkable passage from the concluding chapter of D. H. ...
... feel the need to mix the orders of time and space in your presentation , stopping your local history to show your reader a building floor by floor , for example . Here is a remarkable passage from the concluding chapter of D. H. ...
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... feel for structure . Since the beginner's prob- lem is usually one of thinking of things to say rather than of trimming the overgrowth , you can do your filling - out a unit at a time , always thinking up one or two sentences more to ...
... feel for structure . Since the beginner's prob- lem is usually one of thinking of things to say rather than of trimming the overgrowth , you can do your filling - out a unit at a time , always thinking up one or two sentences more to ...
Contents
From Subject to Thesis | 23 |
Basic Structure | 33 |
Other Arrangements | 43 |
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