Thesis%20Statements

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Thesis Statements
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Part 1How to Prepare Your Thesis Statements
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When You Are Composing Thesis Statements, You
Need to Know the Following

• Your Topic (what your paper will deal with)
• Your Claim (what you think about the topic)
• Reasons that Support Your Claim (3 points that
  will persuade your readers to believe your claim)

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• Your Topic Shopping at Walmart
• Your Claim Everyone should shop at Walmart.
• Reasons that Support Your Claim
• Walmart has variety.
• Walmart has a large inventory.
• Walmart has cheap prices.

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Try one on your own
Topic Myrtle Beach Claim_______________________
____ Reasons 1)_________________________________
__ 2)___________________________________ 3)_______
____________________________
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How about This One?
Topic Education Claim__________________________
_ Reasons 1)___________________________________
2)___________________________________ 3)__________
_________________________
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Part 2Turning Your Notes into a Thesis Statement
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Reading Refresher

• Thesis With Points Listed
• Points at the End of the Thesis Statement
• Points at the Beginning of the Thesis Statement
• Points listed in the Sentence after the Thesis
  Statement
• NOTE You can also have a thesis with no points
  listed, but we wont use those this semester.

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Your Topic Shopping at Walmart Your Claim
Everyone should shop at Walmart Reasons that
Support Your Claim 1) Walmart has variety.
2)Walmart has a large inventory. 3) Walmart has
cheap prices. ------------------------------------
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Points Listed at the End of the
Statement Everyone should shop at Walmart because
they have variety, a large inventory and cheap
prices. Points Listed at the Beginning of the
Statement The variety, large inventory and cheap
prices at Walmart are why everyone should shop
there. Points Listed in the Next
Sentence Everyone should shop at Walmart. They
have variety, a large inventory and cheap prices.
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Now Try Writing All Three Types with the Info You
Have

• Myrtle Beach
• Points Listed at the End of the Statement
• Points Listed at the Beginning of the Statement
• Points Listed in the Next Sentence

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Turn the One You Wrote on Education into Each of
the Three Types of Thesis Statements

• Points Listed at the End of the Statement
• Points Listed at the Beginning of the Statement
• Points Listed in the Next Sentence