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ent is usually a single sentence that expresses the main point of view on your topic. ? In your thesis statement, you should only state the central idea of your paper. Words like I intend to, The purpose of this paper is to, or The method of research I am going to adopt is should not appear in your thesis statement. Sample ? Topic: Confucius39。 Main Teaching Methods and Their Applicability to China39。s Education Today ? Thesis statement: Confucius39。 elicitation method of teaching and that of teaching students in accordance with their aptitude are still applicable to China39。s education today. 2. Outlining ? An outline is the framework of a research paper. The outline will help you anize your ideas and put your material in good order. ? a topic outline, in which all the parts of your paper are laid out in short phrases. ? a sentence outline, in which all points of your paper are expressed in plete sentences. Unit 4 Writing the First Draft ? Goals ? When writing your paper, learn to 1. use your own words, 2. use the proper tenses, 3. unite facts and views, 4. pay attention to logic and anization, 5. make your tone objective rather than personal, and 6. choose the right style. 1. Using your own words ? The basic principle is that the paper must be yours ─ your ideas, your anization, and for the most part, your own words 2. Using the proper tenses ? 1) When you are dealing with an event or a concept of the past, the past tense should be your basic tense. ? Sample 1 ? Confucius often encouraged his disciples to express their own ideas so that they would form the habit of active thinking. When a student was too timid to express his ideas, the Master urged him on in a most friendly manner, and did not mand him with the severity of an oldstyle Chinese teacher. 2) Biographical details of a person39。s life should normally be reported in the past tense. Sample 2 Ernest Hemingway (1899─ 1961) was born in 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois. His father was a successful and welltodo physician who enjoyed hunting and fishing in his spare time. He often took young Hemingway with him while hunting or fishing and initiated him into the virtues of sportsman. It is said that Dr. Hemingway left his son not o