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Key point (executive summary (completness (convey the central idea, convey…
Key point
executive summary
is longer than a thesis statement
brevity
reduce the original to 1/4 of its length
completness
convey the central idea
convey the relatiosnhip between its main points
convey the author's attitude if this is important
objectivity
say what the author says without editorializing
vs abstract
must be in your own words
thesis statement
is either the first paragraph
topic
key judgement
opinion
conclusion
bullet point
paragraph
evidence
or a sentence that goes at the end of the introduction
is shorter than an executive summary
is an idea of the whole paper
topic sentence
highlights the key point of each paragraph
goes at the beginning of a paragraph
is short
James S. Major
Communicating with Intelligence
, 2014