On one of my English papers, the professor told me that my thesis statement needs to "flushed out" more throughout my paper. What does it mean for something to be "flushed out?"
2006-12-06 08:14:13 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
From what I gather, it simply means that your paper isn't exactly supporting your thesis statement. Maybe you need to pitch it harder! So, here, flushed out would be more like...made more visible...as in...driven out of hiding!
2006-12-06 08:23:35 · answer #1 · answered by Maverick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fleshed Out Or Flushed Out
2016-12-14 15:23:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flushed out -- Fleshed out
People tend to use these phrases interchangeably. To me, flushed-out can mean two things:
1) Remove from hiding. As in, “I flushed out a pheasant from the corn".
2) Give something more substance so that it’s equal in size or position. As in bringing two objects flush with one another would be flushing them out.
What your professor is talking about likely is more about #2 above. S/he wants you to go thru your paper, and make your thesis statement more evident thruout the paper. Not simply stating it somewhere once or twice, but making it more as a theme that the entire paper supports.
Hope this helps. ;)
2006-12-06 08:27:10 · answer #3 · answered by Myst 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Flush Out Or Flesh Out
2016-09-30 13:00:56 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your English teacher is using the term incorrectly. To "flush out" is a hunting term and generally means to expose something (in hunting, when a dog chases birds out of a bush, it is called flushing out). I think your teacher meant "flesh out" which means to make something more substantial and clear.
2006-12-06 08:18:38 · answer #5 · answered by jcresnick 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He wants you to make your statement more apparent. When you flush something out, you find it, or make it show itself.
2006-12-06 08:18:18 · answer #6 · answered by veus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need to expand on your idea and I believe he meant "fleshed out".
He wants you take the idea and dive deeper into it and make it have lots more information. Also sounds like you might be going off topic a bit. He wants you to stay with your idea, and just give more information on it.
2006-12-06 08:17:18 · answer #7 · answered by katydid 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, what he means is that your thesis statement was terrible, and that it deserves a watery, counterclockwise grave.
2006-12-06 09:58:24 · answer #8 · answered by Momma's little bitch 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I think it means, he wants you to clean it up a little.
2006-12-06 08:21:41 · answer #9 · answered by mama3 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
consta pated
2006-12-06 09:53:27 · answer #10 · answered by Deonte 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋