basic thesis guidlines
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Thesis
An Overview
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Do I have a thesis?
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Thesis Statement Requires…
• Complete Sentence• Controlling Claim• Appropriate Focus• Valid, Interesting Points
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Complete Sentence Required
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Complete Sentence Required
Many students who love Halloween for lots of reasons.
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Many students who love Halloween for lots of reasons.
FRAGMENT!
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There are many students who love Halloween for lots of reasons.
THESIS!!
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Students love Halloween for three main reasons.
THESIS!!
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Students love Halloween for the joy of dressing up, thrilling sensations, and sugar high.
THESIS!!
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Controlling Claim Required
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Controlling Claim Required
This essay will be about my country.
Prediction!Not Controlling!
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Controlling Claim Required
I’m going to write about my country.
Announcement! Not Controlling!
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Despite its many problems, America is a great place to live for several reasons.
THESIS!!
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My country has three great feature: natural environment, personal freedom, and societal diversity.
THESIS!!
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People want to live in America for the personal, religious, and financial freedoms it offers.
THESIS!!
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Appropriate Focus Required
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Appropriate Focus Required
There are millions of reasons to be interested in the environment.
TO BROAD!NOT SUPPORTABLE!
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Appropriate Focus Required
People litter.
TO NARROW!NOT SUPPORTABLE!
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There are three reasons to be interested in the environment.
THESIS!!
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Taking interest in the environment enables people to make a positive difference in their current lives and in others’ future.
THESIS!!
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People litter for several reasons.
THESIS!!
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People litter because they don’t plan ahead, don’t think about others, and don’t consider the ultimate consequences.
THESIS!!
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Valid Interesting Points Required
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The Internet is dangerous and is destroying the world.
Valid Interesting Points Required
Invalid!Unprovable!!
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The Internet has made communication easier.
Valid Interesting Points Required
Obvious!Not Interesting!!
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The Internet has become a presence in modern life affecting relationships and economics both positively and negatively.
THESIS!!
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What else matters for my thesis?
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Thesis Statement Requires…
• Appropriate Location• Appropriate Length• Correct Grammar
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Thesis Requires Appropriate Locations
Usually, in short essays, it is the LAST sentence in Introduction.
For OUR class, this is where thesis goes!
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Thesis Requires Appropriate Length
Usually, in short essays, it is only ONE sentence long.
For OUR class, this is thesis length!
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The main idea of the entire essay should NOT HAVE GRAMMAR Errors.
For OUR class, check Thesis grammar carefully!
Thesis Requires Correct Grammar
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Let’s Review!
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Let’s Review!
incorrect correct
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I’m going to explain my experience and apply it to the article.
Correct or Incorrect Thesis?
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I’m going to explain my experience and apply it to the article.
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My experience as a student resonates with Dweck’s ideas about mindset.
THESIS!!
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Everyone is influenced by growth and fixed mindset.
Correct or Incorrect Thesis?
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Everyone is influenced by growth and fixed mindset.
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I have been influenced by growth and fixed mindset in three ways.
THESIS!!
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I have been influenced by growth mindset in my academic education and fixed mindset in my athletic ability.
THESIS!!
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Mastery. Everybody wants it.
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Mastery. Everybody wants it.
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Understanding mastery is important for most students to achieve academic success.
THESIS!!
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Pursuing mastery has been an important aspect of my academic success.
THESIS!!
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Review Your Thesis
Does it have…
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• Complete Sentence?• Controlling Claim?• Appropriate Focus?• Valid, Interesting Points?• Appropriate Location?• Appropriate Length?• Correct Grammar?
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