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Formulating a Thesis

Formulating a Thesis. Mrs. Rosolino. The strength of any essay or paper you write directly correlates to the strength of your thesis and whether or not your statement of purpose and insight is indeed an arguable point. The Importance of a Thesis.

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Formulating a Thesis

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  1. Formulating a Thesis Mrs. Rosolino

  2. The strength of any essay or paper you write directly correlates to the strength of your thesis and whether or not your statement of purpose and insight is indeed an arguable point. The Importance of a Thesis

  3. Choose an abstract concept like unrequited love, freedom, abuse, jealousy, self-pity, or fear of the dark that the work explores. Step 1

  4. The _________ __________ by ____________ (genre) (title) ____________________________ (author) is about _______________________________. (topic/abstract concept) Step 2

  5. Now, you need to state what the literary work asserts about this abstract topic. If a poem is about jealousy, what opinion does it express about the effect of jealousy on humanity? Step 3

  6. The _________ __________ by ____________ (genre) (title) (author) is about _______________________________ (topic/abstract concept) and reveals ____________________________. (assertion about human condition) Final Step

  7. The novel Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë is about the fine line between love and obsession and reveals a cruelty that is inherent in love. An example

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