thesis; theme(Viacheslav Volkov); talking point(положение, кратко излагающее идею, а также одну из основных мыслей сочинения, доклада. А.Шатилов); term(напр., теории Сельма Нагель); point(Georgy Moiseenko); article(Notburga); conference paper(кратко сформулированные основные положения доклада, лекции, сообщения и т.п. Jack the Lad); headnote(1. • a note of comment or explanation at the beginning (as of a page or chapter) 2. • a summary prefixed to the report of a decided legal case stating the principles or rulings of the decision and usually the main facts. WTNI Alexander Demidov); premise(an assertion or proposition which forms the basis for a work or theory: the fundamental premise of the report. NOED. a philosophy based on the premise that human life consists of a series of choices. OT. The idea that there is life on other planets is the central premise of the novel. the premise that an accused person is innocent until they are proved guilty. LDOCE Alexander Demidov); thesis statement(научной работы или статьи – обычно – последнее предложение первого параграфа vogeler); act
