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Thesis Statement. Instructor Aaron Pooley SCH University, English Department. What you need…. You have:. Topic Position (agree/disagree) Your arguments (3). What is your course of action?. Course of action = What do you recommend should be done to change the situation ?. Example:.
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Thesis Statement Instructor Aaron Pooley SCH University, English Department
You have: • Topic • Position (agree/disagree) • Your arguments (3)
Course of action = What do you recommend should be done to change the situation?
Example: • TOPIC: Testing in schools • POSITION: Tests are NOT effective • COURSE OF ACTION: • The government needs to provide other ways to score students… • So that students have less stress and more freedom in their young lives.
How to write: • This essay will argue that <your position>, stating that <argument #1>, <argument #2>, and <argument #3>, and recommends that <course of action> so that <tell WHY>.
How to write: • This essay will argue that <your position>, stating that <argument #1>, <argument #2>, and <argument #3>, and recommends that <course of action> so that <tell WHY>.