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GOAL!
How to Discover a Thesis
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Learning by Doing
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Topic + Slant or Attitude or Point = Working Thesis
Working Thesis: A statement that can guide you but that you will ultimately refine.
Your topic identifies the area you want to explore. To convert a topic to a thesis, you need to add your own slant, attitude, or point.
A useful thesis not only conttains the key words that identify your topic but also the point you want to make.
Learning by Doing
ESSAYS
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Thesis
The purpose of most academic writing is to inform, to explain, or to convince.
To achieve any of these purposes, you must make your main point crystal clear.
A thesis sentence helps clarify your idea and stay on track as you write.
Explicit and Implicit Thesis
An explicit thesis is plainly stated in an essay.
An implicit thesis is indirectly suggested rather than directly stated.
Strategies for Stating a Thesis and Planning
Stating and Using a Thesis
Effective writing is unified around one main point!
All of the subpoints and supporting
details are relevant to that point.
An essay can be summed up with one main point in a sentence which is called a thesis statement.
Plan for your purpose and audience using questions:
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How might you narrow and focus your ideas about the topic?
What qualities of good writing have been discussed in your class?
Plan for your purpose and audience using questions:
What is your general purpose?
Who are your readers?
Shaping Your Topic for Your Purpose and Your Audience
Think carefully about your audience and purpose as
you plan!
Supporting details add importance to an event or topic!
Always be clear! Only share important information to
cast away assumptions in your writing!