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Elements of a Thesis & Vocab

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A Thesis Statement

a)

is the brain of your essay

b)

is the heart and soul of your essay

c)

directs your paper

d)

all of the above

2.

In your thesis statement, you must take a position on a topic.

a)

true

b)

false

3.

One Element of a thesis statement

a)

be vague

b)

use descriptive language

c)

use specific language

4.

A thesis statement can be written in 3rd person.

a)

true

b)

false

5.

This picture is an example of

a)

repetition

b)

parallelism

c)

rhetorical questions

6.

The word discordant means

a)

not harmonious

b)

harmonious

c)

together

d)

apart

7.

Interwoven means

a)

upside down

b)

torn apart

c)

blended or laced together

8.

One element of a thesis statement is______________________.

a)

it must be arguable/debatable.

b)

it must be vague.

c)

it must be unclear.

d)

it must be a paragraph.

9.

Pluralistic means

a)

a nation-state

b)

consisting of many ethnic or cultural groups

c)

not singular

d)

a form of government

10.

One element of a thesis statement is

a)

it is true

b)

it is a lie

c)

it must be proveable with facts or statistics

d)

it doesn't have to be proved