Formulating Thesis statements and Outlining

Formulating Thesis statements and Outlining

Open Ended

Before we proceed to the topic, what are the things you look forward to every face-to-face class?

What is a thesis statement?

• Summarizes your topic and states your stand or opinion

• Tells the reader the significance of the topic

• Gives overview of the rest of the paper

• Focused on the argument you are presenting

Multiple Select

What are the tips in making a successful thesis statement? (Select all that apply.)

• Avoid burying the thesis statement in the middle of the paragraph.

• Be as clear and as specific as possible

• Avoid vague words

• Always start your sentence with "The point of my paper is..."

Explicit and Implicit thesis statements

• In academic writing, the thesis statement is part of the text.

• Journalism and reporting rely on explicit thesis statements and are usually on the first paragraph/statement.

• Works of literature do not contain specific thesis statements. It uses implicit thesis statements.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is an EXPLICIT thesis statement?

• Working while attending college classes remains necessary for many students, but unfortunately many problems result from the difficulties of balancing work and school.
• This paper discusses examples of how going to college and working full time puts pressure on students and results in many dropping out of school.
• Working while attending college classes
• The difficulties of balancing work and school

Let us identify good thesis statements.

Multiple Choice

You are writing a argumentative essay about school uniforms. Which answer BEST represents a strong thesis statement?

• School uniforms can be found in many environments like public and private schools.

• School uniforms have a negative impact on students because uniforms restrict individuality, are expensive, and are uncomfortable.

• School uniforms restrict individuality.

• School uniforms can be both good and bad.

Multiple Choice

What is a good thesis for these 3 topic sentences?

-First, basketball is important it builds teamwork.

-Also, basketball teaches hand-eye coordination.

-Furthermore, basketball teaches responsibility.

• Basketball is my favorite sport and I'm going to give you three reasons why.

• I believe our school should have a basketball team because it teaches, teamwork, coordination, and responsibility

• Basketball is the most important sport because of all of the skills it teaches.

Outlining

It is a tool we use in writing process to help organize our ideas, visualize our paper's potential structure, and to further develop our points and arguments.

Multiple Select

What are the parts of an outline? (Select all that apply.)

• Body

• Transition Words

• Introduction

• Conclusion

• References

Multiple Choice

An outline framework ensures you have enough material to present ____ about a topic.

• an abundance of information

• a well-supported position

• an impressive rough draft to your teacher

Multiple Choice

It is a systematic arrangement of related ideas expressed in words and phrases.

• Sentence Outline

• Statement Outline

• Topic Outline

• Word Outline

Multiple Choice

It is an organized list of related ideas in complete sentences to express specific and complex details.

• Sentence Outline

• Statement Outline

• Word Outline

• Topic Outline