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What is a line of inquiry?

Your Higher Level Essay requires you to develop a line of inquiry. But what exactly is a line of inquiry? Loosely defined, a line of inquiry is the specific focus of your essay. It's the big idea(s) in your essay! Think of the line of inquiry as being connected to the title (a question) and the thesis (your argument to the question posed in the title). From both the title and the thesis, your teacher - and more...


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