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Dissertation-FR

Dissertation, thèse-antithèse-synthèse: The “dissertation” is a text form, a way to develop and link ideas using both a formal structure and formal conventions that are generally recognized:

• an introduction (present the subject to be treated and outline the main points)
• the development (“methodically constructed: divided in three parts, thesis-antithesis-synthesis, while respecting an overall unity)
• the conclusion (bring back the subject and at the same time create an opening towards other possible questions). (Dictionnaire encyclopédique de l’éducation et de la Formation)

The rules and conventions are equally well known: do not use “I”, divide the ideas clearly into paragraphs, develop them one at a time, create transitions between paragraphs, use a style that is neither too familiar nor too embellished.

The dissertation, object of many research studies, special journal issues, analyses, etc. takes its most typified form for the French end-of-secondary baccalaureat exam.

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