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Two Part Thesis Statements

Two Part Thesis Statements. Argh! What the heck is this!?!?. A Normal Paragraph. Topic Sentence Lead-in Quote Analysis. But…what if you have two parts to your thesis?. Edwards uses threatening imagery in order to provoke change. You actually have to prove TWO things here:

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Two Part Thesis Statements

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  1. Two Part Thesis Statements Argh! What the heck is this!?!?

  2. A Normal Paragraph • Topic Sentence • Lead-in • Quote • Analysis

  3. But…what if you have two parts to your thesis? • Edwards uses threatening imagery in order to provoke change. You actually have to prove TWO things here: • There is threatening imagery • Edwards wants to provoke change.

  4. So your paragraph becomes... • Topic sentence: remind of thesis, hint toward example • Lead-in • Quote: Threatening Imagery • Analysis: analyze what image means; explain WHY it is threatening. • Lead-in • Quote: Provoke change • Analysis: analyze WHAT CHANGE is happening and explain how this change IS AFFECTED by the threatening imagery.

  5. What happens when we get multiple paragraphs? Option One • Paragraph One: proves BOTH parts of thesis with examples for both parts • Paragraph Two: proves BOTH parts of thesis with examples for both parts Option Two • Paragraph One: proves THREATENING IMAGERY PART with two examples • Paragraph Two: proves PROVOKING CHANGE part with two examples ***Tricky part: Paragraph Two needs to have a connection to the imagery!!

  6. What happens when we get a big paper?? Option One • Threatening Imagery • Provoke Change • Threatening Imagery • Provoke Change Option Two • Threatening Imagery • Threatening Imagery • Provoke Change • Provoke Change

  7. Integrating Quotes A Review

  8. COMMA METHOD • Used to blend the quote with introductory clause that ends in a “speaking verb” (explains, suggests, says, declares…) Describing the Nun, the narrator explains, “[S]he had little dogs she would be feeding/ With roasted flesh, or milk, or fine white bread./ And bitterly she wept if one were dead” (7).

  9. COLON METHOD • Used to blend the quote with lead-in that ends in something other than a “speaking verb” • Used when either side of the colon is a FULL SENTENCE The narrator describes the Nun: “[S]he had little dogs she would be feeding/ With roasted flesh, or milk, or fine white bread./ And bitterly she wept if one were dead” (7).

  10. SMOOTH METHOD (Advanced Skill) • Used to blend the quote with lead-in seamlessly. When you read the paper aloud, you can’t tell what is the writer’s words and what is the author’s words; in this case: The narrator explains that the Nun “ha[s] little dogs she … feed[s]/ With roasted flesh, or milk, or fine white bread./ And bitterly she [weeps] if one [is] dead” (ll. 150-152).

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