this reason it is often good to use the opening paragraphs to state the theme topic
and to say something about it that will make the reader want to see it developed.
theme is often, therefore, a good place a) to restate the theme topic, b) to summa-
rize the main points of the theme, c) to use your most telling argument or most
striking presentation, d) to introduce your most interesting incident, or e) to re-
lease the reader from the suspense that has been building up by finally telling him
what you want him to know.
esting thought and move by degrees to the most interesting or important.
follow the above. For example, there are circumstances in which it is good to have
a very unemphatic, gentle opening that promises very little. In such cases, use
some other emphasis device.
other thoughts around it.
graph by itself.
or atmosphere.
and so on.
Sometimes in very oratorical and emphatic themes, the thought may be repeated
several times in exactly the same words. But usually the repetition must be
dressed up a bit if it is to please and not seem too naked a device.
something of the kind.
you are sure that it is.
ly is.
more than one or two of them are important or interesting. Use other emphasis de-
vices for the rest.