Elements

Have you tapped into your personal and cultural memory to build an argument that supports your thesis?

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Have you organized complexity through a central idea that is concrete, contextual, and catalytic?

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Have you crafted an alluring, phonetic phrase that represents your main idea?

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Do most paragraphs open with tension, move with flow, and close with reward?

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Have you selected, arranged, and detailed your material to minimize confusion?

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Are you creating stakes and anticipation so the reader cares what happens next?

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Are you modulating tone, shifting angles, and concealing meaning so the reader infers what you mean without saying it?

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Are you using musical prose to enhance the beauty and coherence of your ideas?

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Are you selecting specific words and concrete images to make your writing tangible and symbolic?

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