0 1, there is no right or wrong position, as long as it makes sense.

When writing a thesis, there is no right or wrong position you choose, but some positions are easier to write and some are more difficult to write. Generally speaking, neutral positions are best written.

In three excellent examples:

Marta expressed support for national happiness as a better measure of a country's economy than GDP;

Amelia remains neutral and thinks that GDP and national happiness should go hand in hand and work together.

Will objected, pointing out that GDP is the best indicator to measure the economy.

Among them, Amelia's exposition is the most clear and rich, which can be recognized by most readers. Will has only two arguments. If you don't grasp it well, it's easy to "roll over".

02. Get the information you want quickly and efficiently.

The same material, because everyone's position is different, the information extracted may not be exactly the same. Take the World Happiness Report 2020 mentioned by Marta and Amelia as an example:

Marta pointed out: "The national happiness in the report takes into account factors such as per capita GDP, healthy life expectancy, social support, trust in the government and enterprises, and freedom of life decision-making. A broader view of national happiness will enable countries to look at the social impact beyond price more comprehensively. "

Amelia said: "Britain's happiness index ranks 13 in the world. This report measures life expectancy, social support, trust/corruption and other livelihood indicators, even including per capita gross domestic product (GDP)[2]. Therefore, although economic development is definitely related to people's happiness, GDP cannot fully reflect people's happiness, and there are many other problems. "

More importantly, how to find what you need from the materials given by the teacher? The teacher may briefly explain the content of the material, but many details still need to be read and recorded by everyone.

In addition, many materials contain a lot of information. For example, the World Happiness Report 2020 has 202 pages. How to locate the information you need quickly and accurately is not easy for most international students.

To this end, Bian Xiao spent all his life learning and compiled such a password for everyone: "First introduce, then catalog, accurately locate, and then read carefully."

Introduction: No matter academic papers or news published on major media platforms, there will be a general summary of the content of the article, and you can judge whether this article is what you need according to it.

Contents: Academic papers and some long reports have contents. The title of the table of contents is actually a summary of this paragraph. You can judge where the content you need is according to the catalogue.

Accurate positioning: Generally speaking, the text of a long article will have a subtitle. Determine the general scope of your needs through the subtitle, and then read it carefully.

03. Learn from and quote other people's articles.

When everyone finds what they need through careful reading, then what? Copy and paste directly? Of course not! You need to refine the materials you find.

Take Amelia's article as an example, another particularly good point of his article is to mark the articles he quoted in a very standardized way.

For example, he quoted a BBC article about the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the economies of various countries. Bian Xiao found the original text:

Amelia extracted her own content according to the above materials: "According to the data of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), the reason for the sharp decline of the British economy is that the British economy is highly dependent on the service industry and tourism (accounting for 75% of the total economy) [1], and the service industry and tourism have the longest downtime and the strictest restrictions, so they are also the hardest hit areas."

It is not advisable to extract completely, because the content of the original text is not what we all need. If the overlapping rate of the article exceeds a certain proportion, it may be considered plagiarism.

04. The opposing argument of the opposing viewpoint can be used as your argument.

In Marta's article, he thinks that "happiness in 2020 can better reflect the economic level of countries than GDP", and his opposite view is that "GDP in 2020 can better reflect the economic level of countries".

The opposition argument against the viewpoint should explain the disadvantages of GDP, which can not reflect the national economy well, as Marta said:

"One of the reasons why national happiness is more important than GDP is that GDP is a flawed indicator. It is the total price of all goods and services produced, but it does not mean the value of production. When you hire someone to repair your piping system, it will increase, but it doesn't take into account the situation when you do it yourself. More importantly, it does not reflect the punishment for activities such as destroying natural resources and emitting greenhouse gases that can end life on earth. "

05. The clear structure of the article is an important basis for getting high marks.

Of the three examples, only Will used serial numbers and subheadings, which I think is one of the important reasons why his article can be selected as an excellent example even though there are not many arguments.

How to write a well-structured article has been analyzed for everyone in the article "Analysis of Students' Excellent Works: Disadvantages of American Election System Exposed after the Outbreak".

You know, for foreign students who are just beginning to learn to write a paper, listing the outline of the article before writing can not only help you write a paper with clear and complete structure, but also ensure that you don't stray from the topic.

Moreover, if you try to think about the problem from the perspective of the teacher's review of the article, it may not be difficult to understand why the structure of the article is so important:

Articles with clear structure are more organized, and teachers who review them are easier to read. They can quickly find students' positions and arguments in a limited time and give judgments quickly.