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Writing Thesis
Examples:
Example of an expository thesis statement
¨In John Steinbeck´s novel The Pearl, the biggest reason Kino and his family increased greed after finding the Pearl, which caused him to become obsessed with wealth, act violent, and lead to the eventual destruction of his family
Examples of an analytical thesis statement
¨From the Marxist view, the process of the metamorphosis symbolizes the class struggles of the proletariat to break out of a life of being exploited.
such representation is displayed ( in the Metamorphosis) in the similarity between the causes nature,and ending of Gregor´s transformation and those of proletarian struggles¨
Example of argumentative thesis statement
2) The thesis statement should be specific and supported with specific evidence
3) The thesis statement appears at the end of the first paragraph of a paper
4) The topic may change as you write
¨America´s anti-pollution efforts should focus on privately owned cars because it would allow most citizens to contribute to the national efforts and care about the outcome¨
Writing Thesis Statement
Different types of essays
The tips for writing a thesis statement are...
Narrative Essays
Descriptive Essays
Cause and Effect essays
Causes and effects are included, but not both in the same essay
Causes:
Reasons and What happened?
Effects:
Results and consequences
Events that have happened are related.
It contains dialogue
Are a large part of everyday conversation
Elements in a narrative essay:
Characters, events, plot, setting, conflict, resolution and thesis or theme.
Descriptive language is used to create a picture of a person, a place or object the description includes:¨
* Sight
* Hearing
* Smell
* Taste
* Touch
Problem-solution Essay
Involves careful analysis, planning and organization
Mixed-Pattern Essay
Comparison and Contrast Essays
1) What kind of paper are you writing?
The combination of the types of essays
Classification Essays
To bring two or more person places, objects or ideas together to closer examination.
Compare-consider similarities
contrast-consider differences
comparison-contrast, consider both similarities and differences
Persuasive Essays
Information is organized into categories...
Are to convince people to share the opinion of the writer
* Analytical:
The paper breaks down an idea, evaluates it and presents this breakdown and evaluation to the audience
* Expository:
The paper explains something to the audience
* Argumentative:
The paper makes a Claim
(Opinion,, policy proposal, evaluation, cause-and-effect statement interpretation) and justifies it.