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rvL-iter usually wri:es three to hve sentences thar hei: connecr *^e
a:rd rh.e tcpic. T; jsc se:itelces can be backgrcund irrfcrmarion ahoul #e topic
or tLr :ln be e <impl.:: The fcLlowing searences lrom Essav 1 on page give ex-npies

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FIer C:rily rou:.ne was nor glar,.crous Si're did everything fron, sweeping the flooc; ;o cooking i.he mea1s. 1: someone had a:ked CinCereiia,
"Are fiere ii,ly hcusehoic chores tha' you particulariy hate?,, she probably ruould [^ave answered, "Vt y, ncne, of course. Housework is my
.From th .se sentences, che reader has good
a
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V/RITER'S I{OTE: What Does the Reader Know?

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'- chesii statcrneit, or wriri;rg plan, is usually rhe last part of rhe inrroCuction. Ir
can .': (-''le or rwo sentences long. Ir, the thesis statement, the rvriter teiis the reader whal
to c,i i:i in the ess-ay. Basically, rhere are'two kinds of rhesis sieremenis, direcr and
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