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What three parts make up a thesis statement?
Where should a thesis statement appear?
How many parts should there be in a thesis statement written for a five-paragraph essay?
(a)
When creating a thesis statement, it is important to think about your...
From which point of view should you write your thesis statement?
(a)
Which of the following is a strong thesis statement?
Violent video games are harmful for young people to play.
Violent video games are harmful for young people to play because it promotes a sedentary lifestyle, encourages violence, and can cause children to become desensitized to death.
Violent video games are harmful to young people, and it should be stopped.
Violent video games are harmful for young people because they should be reading a book.
Which of the following is a strong thesis statement?
I would like to become a chef when I finish school because I like to cook.
Both chefs and cooks prepare meals but are different in several ways.
Although both chefs and cooks can prepare fine meals, chefs differ from cooks in education, professional commitment, and artistry.
A career in the culinary arts is a good choice for many reasons.
Which topic sentence DOES NOT belong with the thesis below?
The best kind of pet is a cat because they are friendly, low maintenance, and have great personalities.
First, cats are affectionate creatures.
In addition, it is not hard to take care of a cat.
In addition, it is not hard to take care of a cat. Finally, every cat has a unique personality.
Next, cats are inexpensive.
Identify the underlined elements of the this thesis statement.
TOPIC
CLAIM
SUBTOPIC
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CLAIM
SUBTOPIC
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What are the 3 SUBTOPICS in this thesis statement? (check all that apply)
set a schedule
creating good study habits
get plenty of sleep and food
doesn't have to be difficult
keep a checklist
Identify the underlined elements of the this thesis statement.
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CLAIM
SUBTOPIC
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What part of the thesis is underlined?
TOPIC
CLAIM
SUBTOPIC
What are the subtopics in this thesis statement? (check all that apply)
Cats make better pets
Cats are cleaner than dogs
Cats litter train themselves
Overall, dogs are not good pets
WRITE A THESIS STATEMENT
Combine the following information to write your own thesis statement.
TOPIC: A good student
CLAIM: must have
SUBTOPICS: a desire to succeed; ability to work hard
Prompt: "Write an essay explaining why it is important to keep the promises you make." Which of the following is the best thesis statement for this prompt?
It is important to keep the promises you make because keeping promises builds trust, encourages people to be responsible, and ensures healthy relationships.
It is important to keep promises you makes because keeping promises helps build trust like in the novel, "Ghost" where a young boy builds trust by returning shoes he stole.
It is important to keep the promises you make because you never know when you will need them, you never know how much help they will give you, and you get to be a better person.
It is important to keep the promises you make because it helps a lot.
Prompt: "Write an essay explaining whether it is important to laugh." Which of the following is the best thesis statement?
It is important to laugh because laughing has social, health, and emotional benefits.
It is important to laugh because you need to laugh every day, you need to laugh when you're sad, and you need to laugh when they are being mean.
It is important to laugh because laughing helps people, like in the story, "The Tale-Tell Heart" where the man laughs to help him deal with his crime, or in the story "Lamb to the Slaughter," where the laughing helps the lady get away with murder.
It is important to laugh because laughing helped me through a really tough time when I was a kid. I remember when my grandmother was sick, but she still had a good sense of humor. It was good to see her laugh!
Prompt: "Write an essay explaining why success often takes time." Choose the BEST thesis statement for this prompt.
Success often takes time because a person needs to plan out their actions, work towards a short term goal, and then work for a long term goal.
Success often takes time because you have to work hard, you have to work efficiently, and you have to spend time doing it,
Success often takes time. I remember a time in my life when I had to work really hard towards a goal. It took time, a lot of it. I was eventually successful and I wouldn't trade that experience in for anything.
Success often takes time because taking time will ensure success.
Prompt: "Write an essay explaining why nature is important." Identify the BEST thesis statement.
Nature is important because it inspires, feeds, and brings people together.
Nature is important because it really helped me out of a crisis. I was starving and it helped feed me, I was able to help out other people as well.
Nature is important because you will be in awe of it, you can get food from it, and you can commune with your fellow man in it.
Nature is important because without nature no one would ever survive.
Prompt: "Write an essay explaining how imagination helps or improves life." Choose the BEST thesis statement.
Imagination is important because it gives people the opportunity to create art, it helps people create what is in their minds, and it assists with solving problems.
You need imagination to live, to create, and to be happy.
Sometimes I imagine a much better world. Imagination is important for me because it helps me figure out how to be the best version of myself. I remember a time that imagination helped me out of a tough situation.
Imagination helps your life be worth living. You need to imagine so that your mind helps you out of tough times. Could you imagine a better place? Good, then that's the value of imagination!
True or False: Your thesis statement states the main idea of the essay in one sentence.
True
False
What three items make up a thesis statement?
identification of topic, claim (what you believe or will explain), and main ideas.
topic sentence, introduction, and conclusion
introduction, body, and conclusion
reason 1, reason 2, and reason 3
Find the thesis statement in the following paragraph: What has happened to the American male? For a long time, he seemed utterly confident in his manhood, sure of his masculine role in society, easy and definite in his sense of sexual identity. The frontiersmen of James Fenimore Cooper, for example, never had any concern about masculinity; they were men, and it did not occur to them to think twice about it. Even well into the twentieth century, the heroes of Dreiser, of Fitzgerald, of Hemingway remain men. However, one begins to detect a new theme emerging in some of these authors, especially in Hemingway: the theme of the male hero increasingly preoccupied with proving his virility to himself. By mid-century, the male role had plainly lost its rugged clarity of outline. Today, men are more and more conscious of maleness not as a fact but as a problem. The ways by which American men affirm their masculinity are uncertain and obscure. There are multiplying signs, indeed, that something has gone badly wrong with the American male's conception of himself.
Today men are more and more conscious of maleness not as a fact but as a problem.
The ways by which American men affirm their masculinity are uncertain and obscure.
There are multiplying signs, indeed, that something has gone badly wrong with the American male's conception of himself.
Today, men are more and more conscious of maleness not as a fact but as a problem.
Find the thesis statement in the following introduction: Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it. Now, it is clear that the decline of a language must ultimately have political and economic causes: it is not due simply to the bad influence of this or an individual writer. An effect can become a cause, reinforcing the original cause and producing the same effect in an intensified form, and so on indefinitely. A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, and then fail all the more completely because he drinks. It is rather the same thing that is happening to the English language. It becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts. The point is that the process is reversible. Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to take the necessary trouble. If one gets rid of these habits one can think more clearly, and to think clearly is a necessary first step towards political regeneration: so that the fight against bad English is not frivolous and is not the exclusive concern of professional writers. I will come back to this presently, and I hope that by that time the meaning of what I have said here will have become clearer. Meanwhile, here are five specimens of the English language as it is now habitually written.
Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to take the necessary trouble.
If one gets rid of these habits one can think more clearly, and to think clearly is a necessary first step towards political regeneration: so that the fight against bad English is not frivolous and is not the exclusive concern of professional writers.
I will come back to this presently, and I hope that by that time the meaning of what I have said here will have become clearer.
Meanwhile, here are five specimens of the English language as it is now habitually written.
Which of the theses is the strongest?
Although I agree with Jeane Kirkpatrick’s argument that environmentalists and businesses should work together to ensure the ecological future of the world, her argument is likely to undervalue the necessity of pressuring businesses to attend to environmental concerns that may not benefit them in the short run.
This paper will address the characteristics of a good corporate manager.
The songs of the punk rock group Minor Threat relate to the feelings of individuals who dare to be different. Their songs are just composed of pure emotion. Pure emotion is very important in music, because it serves as a vehicle to convey the important message of individuality. Minor Threat’s songs are meaningful to me because I can identify with them.
Which of the theses is the strongest?
The flight from teaching to research and publishing in higher education is a controversial issue in the academic world. I will show different views and aspects concerning this problem.
Although Othello appears to attack jealousy, it also supports the skepticism of the jealous characters over the naïveté of the lovers.
There are many similarities and differences between the Carolingian and the Burgundian Renaissances.
Which of the theses is the strongest?
The songs of the punk rock group Minor Threat relate to the feelings of individuals who dare to be different. Their songs are just composed of pure emotion.
Although violent revolutions begin to redress long-standing social inequities, they often do so at the cost of long-term economic dysfunction and the suffering that attends it.
It is important to understand why leaders act in a leadership role. What is the driving force? Is it an internal drive for the business or group to succeed, or is it an internal drive for the leader to dominate others?
Drug use is detrimental to society.
This is an example of a thesis statement that is
Perfect
Too narrow
Too broad
Global warming is the most pressing challenge facing the world today.
Is this thesis a
Claim of cause and effect
Claim of fact or definition
Claim about value
Which of the following makes the best thesis statement?
Which of these is a thesis statement?
Which of these is a thesis statement?
Which of these makes a clear thesis statement?
Write an essay explaining your definition of true friendship.
Write an essay explaining the importance of being honest.
Write an essay explaining the best way to save money.
What is the purpose of expository writing?
Entertain
Explain
Persuade
Inform
Prompt: "Write an essay explaining why it is important to keep the promises you make." Which of the following is the best thesis statement for this prompt?
It is important to keep the promises you makes because keeping promises builds trust, encourages people to be responsible, and ensures healthy relationships.
It is important to keep promises you makes because keeping promises helps build trust like in the novel, "Ghost" where a young boy builds trust by returning shoes he stole.
It is important to keep the promises you make because you never know when you will need them, you never know how much help they will give you, and you get to be a better person.
It is important to keep the promises you make because it helps a lot.
What should a hook do for your essay?
get the reader's attention
make people want to not read further
explain your position
conclude the essay
Choose all that apply (more than 1): Which of the following must be in your paragraphs?
Topic sentence
Concrete detail
Commentary
Concluding remark
Which of these is a thesis statement?
Which of these is a thesis statement?
Which of these makes a clear thesis statement?
You have been asked to write an article for the school newsletter to list strategies that students themselves can adopt which will help them master the English Language.
