how to create a thesis statement. (it’s totally simple) fancy picture
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How to create a thesis statement.
(it’s totally simple)
fancy picture
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What is a thesis statement?
•It’s a sentence or two in the introductory paragraph of any essay.
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What does it do?
•It outlines what’s coming in the essay.
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For example...
•It’s a summary. It boils everything in your essay down to one sentence.
•It organizes the information in your essay.
•It’s a guide for your reader.
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3 doors down.•All the thesis statement does is outline the
three body paragraphs in an essay. Whatever’s listed first becomes he first body paragraph.
•2nd is 2nd.
•3rd is 3rd.
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So, you’re writing an essay.
(aren’t you special.)
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Let’s make it simple.
•Break your essay into 5 sections.Introduction
Body
Body
Conclusion
Body
{Here’s what each part
does.
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A little more simple.
•For a narrative essay, it might look like this.
Introduction
Body
Body
Conclusion
Body
{Here’s what each part
does.
Grabs the reader’s attention.Outlines the essay.
Reinforces the story. Asks the reader to recall the facts.
The story begins.
The story builds up.
The story ends.
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The Simplest.
Outline
story
story
wrap-up
story
{Let’s simplify a
little more.
Tell me what you’re going to tell me.
Tell me what you told me.
Tell me.
Tell me.
Tell Me.
•But here’s what that really means.
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So, how do we make the
thesis statement?
THESIS STATEMENT
TOPIC 2
TOPIC 3
wrap-up
TOPIC 1
Tell me what you’re going to tell me.
Tell me what you told me.
Tell me.
Tell me.
Tell Me.
•Take the information and break it into topics.
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It might look like this.
THESIS STATEMENT
TOPIC 2
TOPIC 3
TOPIC 1
The Incredibles is a story about a family of superheroes who must learn
to work together in order to serve justice, overcome their own fears, and accept that no one should have to spend life feeling
alone.
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Make a list on your paper.
THESIS STATEMENT
TOPIC 2
TOPIC 3
TOPIC 1
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How do I do it?
•Reread your essay.
•Make a list of the three major topics.
•Do it now.
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Tie them together.
•The simplest thesis statements exist as one sentence.
•The simplest thesis statements are basically a restructuring of the question you answered.
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Therefore...•If you’re writing about your best day
ever, your thesis statement might look like this.
The best day I ever had involved a movie theater, a closed swimming pool in the dead of winter, and an Elmer’s
restaurant.
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Therefore...•If you’re writing about one of your scars,
your thesis statement might look like this.
The scar on my forehead is the result of 500 points, one tetherball pole, and 16 stitches.
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Your turn.
YAY!
•Turn your three topics into your thesis statement.
•Do it now.
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But.
•You’re not done.
•You’ve still got to work on that introduction. Because this:
The scar on my forehead is the result of 500 points, one tetherball pole, and 16 stitches.
Isn’t anywhere near good enough.You’ve got to LEAD UP TO IT.
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Explain your topic first.
Everyone has a scar somewhere. Most of them are on our arms and legs. Some people have few scars, and some
people have very few parts of their body that aren’t scarred. I have several scars, but only a few are very noticeable.The
scar on my forehead, for example, is the result of 500 points, one tetherball pole, and 16 stitches.
Because a thesis statement is your whole essayin one sentence. You don’t want to give it away
right away.
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Back to the drawing board
Outline
story
story
wrap-up
story
{Let’s simplify a
little more.
Tell me what you told me.
Tell me.
Tell me.
Tell Me.
•How have I outlined my story?Everyone has a scar somewhere. Most of them are on our arms and legs. Some people have few scars, and some people have very few parts of their body that aren’t scarred. I have several scars, but only a few are very noticeable.The scar on my forehead, for example, is the result of 500 points, one tetherball pole, and 16 stitches.
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Your Turn.
•You already made a list of your three major topics.
•LEAD UP TO your thesis statement.
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Do it for justin.