Thesis Introduction Review

What is a thesis statement?

• It's the statement for the most popular opinion.

• It's an answer to the prompt of an ECR.

• It's a question.

What does ECR stand for?

• Easy Credit Responding

• Extension Crafty Response

• Extended Constructed Response

How many steps does it take to write a thesis statement?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

What is the first step of writing a thesis statement?

• Use the language from the prompt in your answer

• Use complicated language in your response

• Answer the prompt

• Determine more than one answer

Which thesis statement is more successful?

Prompt: Explain why Baby Bear changes his attitude toward Goldie over the course of the play.

• He gets kinder to her.

• Baby Bear changes his attitude toward Goldie by becoming kinder as they get to know each other.

What is the second step of writing a thesis statement?

• Use the language from the prompt in your answer

• Use complicated language in your response

• Answer the prompt

• Determine more than one answer

Which does not describe a thesis statement?

• It is a sentence to conclude your entire ECR response.

• It’s an answer to the prompt.

• It tells what you believe or what you are going to prove.

• It’s the promise to your reader about what you will focus on. 

True or false?

The thesis statement is the most important sentence in your response.

• True

• False