Le paragraphe de thèse : annoncer et tenir une position

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Unité PE-02 · campagne 1 · une thèse, annoncée tôt, tenue jusqu'au bout.

The examiner reads dozens of copies; yours earns its argumentation points in the first five lines. That opening paragraph does exactly two jobs.

Job one: state the thèse. A thesis is a position, not a topic. « Le télétravail présente des avantages et des inconvénients » is a table of contents pretending to be an opinion. Compare: « Je soutiendrai que la semaine de quatre jours améliore à la fois la productivité et la santé des salariés » — one clear stance, and the two axes of the argument already visible.

Job two: the annonce de plan. One sentence that previews the route: « Nous verrons d'abord les gains écologiques, puis les effets sur l'emploi local. » It costs you fifteen words and buys the cohérence-cohésion line of the grid almost by itself.

Then comes the discipline part: tenir la position. A copy that opens with « le numérique appauvrit la lecture » and concludes « finalement, liseuses et papier se valent » has quietly torn up its own contract. Concessions are welcome (PE-05 trains them); surrender is not.

The practice items ask you to judge real thesis sentences — strong, wobbling, or self-contradicting — until the difference is reflexive.

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