Week Review (2/13-2/17)

Which of the following should a thesis statement NOT include?

• Yourself (I, me, my, our, etc.)
• 3 main examples
• 3 main arguments

Which of the following is the best thesis statement?

• Exercise is important.
• Exercise is important because it helps reduce child obesity. 
• Exercise is important because it lowers your chance of disease, obesity, and it improves physical fitness.
• I believe exercise is important because it lowers your chance of disease, obesity, and it improves physical fitness.

An introductory paragraph should include which of the following?

• hook/attention grabber
• thesis statement
• background information
• all choices are correct

How many sentences should your thesis statement be?

• 1
• 3
• 4
• 5

Where does the thesis statement go?

• Last sentence of the intro. paragraph
• First sentence of the intro. paragraph
• In the middle of the intro. paragraph
• First sentence of the first body paragraph

What does the word "elaborate" mean?

• take words out
• summarize
• expand on your ideas, explain
• indent your paragraphs