LES 7 PLANS DE DISSERTATION (exemples simples)

➜ Free dissertation methodology course: https://www.1000idcg.com/dissert ➜ Summaries of the 100 best books on thought: https://www.1000idcg.com/top100 ➜ Advanced dissertation methodology training: https://www.1000idcg.com/mt ➜ "Culture Express" general knowledge program: https://www.1000idcg.com/ce ⏳ Video timings: 00:00 The dissertation plan 02:03 The critical plan 03:09 The dialectical plan 05:24 The analytical plan 07:05 The thematic plan 08:15 The thematic-analytical plan 10:09 The chronological plan 11:25 The ENA plan High school and university students are well aware of the instruction: every dissertation must include a plan, conventionally announced at the end of the introduction. In practice, however, they are unaware of what type of argumentative structure to choose, so their plans are most often mediocre. What types of plans are possible in an essay? What structures do they correspond to precisely, and what are the underlying intellectual logics? When and how should they be used? I answer all these questions in this video by presenting, in decreasing order of usefulness, the seven essay plans I know. 1/ The so-called "critical" plan consists of two main parts, the thesis and the antithesis, which oppose two general, antithetical ideas. 2/ By far my favorite, the dialectical plan consists of adding a third part to the critical plan, which I call "surpassing" (and not "synthesis"). 3/ The analytical plan is a three-part structure that explicitly aims to resolve a problem in the essay. Inspired by the medical method—diagnosis, prognosis, and therapy—it is broken down into either i) aspects, ii) causes, iii) consequences; or i) aspect, ii) causes, iii) solutions; or, by combining the two, i) aspects, ii) causes, iii) consequences, and iv) solutions. 4/ The thematic plan consists, as its name suggests, of focusing each major section of the dissertation (there are generally three) on a specific theme, and of not straying from it. 5/ The "thematic-analytical" plan is my own: it is thematic insofar as each major section of the dissertation deals with a specific theme, and it is analytical insofar as each section simultaneously corresponds to a stage in the resolution of the problem. Its three sections are i) the social aspects/consequences of the problem; ii) its economic roots; and iii) possible political solutions. 6/ Well-known but not very useful, the chronological outline organizes the dissertation into three parts covering specific successive historical periods. 7/ Finally, I became familiar with a rather unusual dissertation outline while preparing for the ENA exams, so much so that I now call it (for lack of a better term) the "ENA outline." Like the famous "Sciences-Po outline," it's a "fake" two-part outline because it actually has four: I.A. Review of key facts; I.B. Balancing relevant theories; II.A. Assessment of implemented solutions; II.B. Possible solutions. While it can be useful to know these seven dissertation outlines, it's preferable to fully master one or two of them. Ask me any questions you have in the comments, and I'll answer each and every one of them. To subscribe to the channel:    / @1000idcg   The video on the 20 most important words in essays:    • LES 20 MOTS LES PLUS IMPORTANTS EN DISSERT...   Website: https://www.1000idcg.com Facebook:   / 1000ideesdeculturegenerale   Manual: https://amzn.to/2GfwJQ1 Feel free to share your feedback in the comments. Leave your email address on the website 1000-idees-de-culture-generale.fr to receive the latest general knowledge ideas summarized in the clearest format possible every week. Finally, don't hesitate to "like", share, give a thumbs up and subscribe to the channel to be notified of the release of the next video.