1 / 7

DEVELOPING A STRONG THESIS STATEMENT

DEVELOPING A STRONG THESIS STATEMENT. It must be debatable. Any argumentative or persuasive piece of writing must begin with a debatable thesis or claim. People should be able to reasonably differ on it.

sarai
Download Presentation

DEVELOPING A STRONG THESIS STATEMENT

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. DEVELOPING A STRONG THESIS STATEMENT

  2. It must be debatable • Any argumentative or persuasive piece of writing must begin with a debatable thesis or claim. • People should be able to reasonably differ on it. • If your thesis is something that is generally agreed upon or accepted as fact, then there is no reason to try to persuade people.

  3. EQUATION FOR THESIS • THESIS=OBSERVATION +EXPLANATION

  4. What is a thesis statement? • It is a road map for your paper. It tells the reader what to expect from the rest of your paper. • It directly answers the question asked of you. • It makes a claim that someone might disagree with. **think of it as a funnel…Everything flows out of it.

  5. HOW DO I GET A THESIS • A thesis is the product of a lengthy thinking process. • Before you come up with a thesis, you must collect and organize evidence, then look for ways your facts are connected.

  6. HOW DO I KNOW IF I HAVE A STRONG THESIS? • Do you answer the question posed in the topic? • Have you taken a position someone might disagree with? • Is your thesis specific? • Does it pass the “so what” test? • Does your evidence come from your thesis? • Does it pass the “how” and “why” test?

  7. Tips for Writing a Thesis Statement • Your thesis should be specific—it should only address what you will discuss in your paper and what you have evidence to support. • Your thesis should be the last sentence of the first paragraph of your paper. • If your paper topic changes, your thesis must change also.

More Related