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Is it a good practice to add thesis statement to non-academic writing? [closed]

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Closed by System‭ on Sep 18, 2016 at 14:04

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Having thesis statement in the intro; what would you think is it a good practice to have in non-academic writing

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If you're writing a research report, then yes, you should have "here is the thing we are studying" or "this is the question we are trying to answer" in the introduction of the report. Otherwise the reader won't know what you're reporting on. I don't know if you'd call that a thesis per se.

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