This handout describes what a thesis statement is‚ how thesis statements work in your writing‚ and how you can discover or refine one for your draft. INTRODUCTION Writing in college often takes the form of persuasion—convincing others that you have an interesting‚ logical point of view on the subject you are studying. Persuasion is a skill you practice regularly in your daily life. You persuade your roommate to clean up‚ your parents to let you borrow the car‚ your friend to vote for your favorite
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LITERARY ANALYSIS CONSTRUCTION THESIS There are two aspects that must be present in any thesis statement that is worthy of being written: 1. Textual Evidence 2. Specific Argument Your thesis should include both textual evidence (some description of the text and what you think is important or interesting in it) and a specific argument (the argumentative context in which you are making some claim about what you have seen). The argument should always answer the question “So what?” regarding the
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Online Education Every parent’s dream is to influence their children with life skills that will guide them to success in the future. In most cases‚ parents usually work full time jobs to achieve extra income to save for their children college costs. A college education could very well be that “cherry on top of the ice cream” for parents‚ and give them a moment to relax and finally take a breather. Today we find young adults with jobs working as hard their parents once did. This made it difficult
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you are essentially making an argument. You are arguing that your perspective-an interpretation‚ an evaluative judgment‚ or a critical evaluation-is a valid one. A debatable thesis statement Like any argument paper you have ever written for a first-year composition course‚ you must have a specific‚ detailed thesis statement that reveals your perspective‚ and‚ like any good argument‚ your perspective must be one which is debatable. Examples You would not want to make an argument of this sort:
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Write a thesis statement each as per the Feminist theory of Criticism and the Reader-Centered theory of Criticism based on “A Rose for Emily”. Use the author’s name in it. Some of the tips you could use are as follows- Feminist- Use words such as “depicts” ‚” illustrates” “ portrays” etc. Determine what it says about women in general. Determine how it portrays the main female character(s) in the selection; about her traits. What does the selection reveal about the author’s attitude
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University of Phoenix Material Thesis Statement and Outline What is your thesis statement? Cash and credit are to the holder‚ although both require responsibility. Introduction Cash and credit both serve as a value to a consumer. Nowadays a consumer could withdraw more money from an ATM than is in the existing account. ATMs today are the world’s quickest access to fast cash. ATMs also vary in the fees for the use of each individual machine. Cash and credit are to the holder‚ although
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My thesis statement is: The main stream media is very influential on how the public views events; therefore they have a moral obligation to report unbiased news. Or: The news media undeniably influences public opinion; therefore the media has a moral obligation to report news without bias. In regards to compelling arguments I will use specific events that swayed that no doubt swayed the opinions of the public. The Waco Seige was an event where certain information was released to the public
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Online Education Education is an important part of people’s lives; it will either make them or break them in the future depending on the careers they choose. Education is greatly diverse today in comparison to the 1950s because of advancements in teaching and other great inventions that provide easier techniques of teaching. One major issue that has been raised is distant learning courses and online education. Distant learning could be any format from VHS videos‚ DVDs‚ or internet courses online
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Online Learning: Does It Help Low-Income and Underprepared Students? Shanna Smith Jaggars January 2011 CCRC Working Paper No. 26 A WORKING PAPER IN THE CCRC ASSESSMENT OF EVIDENCE SERIES Across the first year of a major grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation‚ with supplemental funding from Lumina Foundation for Education‚ CCRC has gathered and synthesized a large body of research evidence regarding strategies that may improve the success of students who attend community college. Working
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My thesis asks whether affirmative action programs are just a new form of racism. This paper will examine recent proposals to reinstate the death penalty. This essay explains the difficulty of solving our environmental problems. In this essay‚ I argue for supporting Planned Parenthood in order to reduce crisis spending. Education budget cuts are a bad idea. The technological changes of the last hundred years have been amazing. Teenagers in the past had more
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