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Thesis Statement Describe a favorite childhood place that made you feel secure, safe, private, or in a world of your own.

Thesis Statement • “________________________ was a place that made me feel ___________________ when I was a child.”

Thesis Statement • Remember to keep the point of your thesis statement in mind as you describe this place.

Thesis Statement • Include only details that will support the idea that your place was one of security, safety, privacy, or the like.

Thesis Statement • Your first step in writing is to discover what point you want to make and to write that point out as a single sentence.

Thesis Statement • You will know from the start if you have a clear and workable thesis. • You will be able to use the thesis as a guide while writing your essay.

Thesis Statement • A good thesis statement does two things: • 1. It tells readers the topic of the essay. • 2. It presents the writer’s attitude, opinion, idea, or point about that topic.

Thesis Statement • Owning a pet has several important benefits. • Topic? • The writer’s main point?

Thesis Statement Owning a pet = Topic has several important benefits=The writer’s main point.

Thesis Statement • Our cafeteria would be greatly improved if several changes were made.

Thesis Statement • Celebrities are often poor role models because of the ways they dress, talk, and behave.

Thesis Statement • Celebritiesare often poor role models because of the ways they dress, talk, and behave.

Thesis Statement • My first night as a security guard turned out to be one of the most frightening experiences of my life.

Thesis Statement • SUVs are inferior to cars because they are harder to control, more expensive, and dangerous to the environment.

Thesis Statement • SUVsare inferior to cars because they are harder to control, more expensive, and dangerous to the environment.

Thesis Statement • The twentieth century produced three inventions that dramatically changed the lives of the Americans.

Thesis Statement • Stress in the fast-food workplace has led to serious physical, psychological, and emotional problems for employees.

Thesis Statement • Advertisers target young people when marketing cigarettes, alcohol, and adult movies.

Thesis Statement • Advertiserstarget young people when marketing cigarettes, alcohol, and adult movies.

Thesis Statement • Living in the city has certain advantages over living in the suburbs.

Thesis Statement • Before moving away from home, every person should have mastered certain key skills.

Thesis Statement • Independent mom-and-pop stores are superior to larger chain stores for a number of reasons.

Writing a Good Thesis 1 • Suppose that you are asked to write a paper on marriage. Such a subject is too broad to cover in a five-hundred-word essay.

Writing a Good Thesis 1 • What you need to do, then, is limit your subject. Narrow it down until you have a topic that you can deal with in about five hundred words.

Writing a Good Thesis 1

Writing a Good Thesis 1 • Sometimes a subject must go through several stages of limiting before it is narrow enough to write about.

Writing a Good Thesis 1 • The following are four lists that show several stages that writers went through in moving from a general subject to a narrow thesis statement. • Number the stages in each list from 1 to 5, with 1 marking the broadest stage and 5 marking the thesis.

Writing a Good Thesis 1 • List 1: _________ Teachers _________ Education __________ Math Teacher __________ My high school math teacher was incompetent. __________ High school math teacher

Writing a Good Thesis 1 • List 2: ___________ Bicycles ___________ Dangers of bike riding ___________ Recreation ___________ Recreational vehicles __________ Bike riding in the city is a dangerous activity.

Writing a Good Thesis 1 • List 3: _____ Retail companies ______ Supermarkets ______ Dealing with customers ______ Working in a supermarket _______ I’ve learned how to handle unpleasant supermarket customers.

Writing a Good Thesis 1 • List 4: _______ Camping _______ First Camping trip _______ Summer vacation _______ My first camping trip was a disastrous experience. _______ Vacations

Writing a Good Thesis 1

Writing a Good Thesis II • There are four main rules that should be followed while writing a thesis statement..

Writing a Good Thesis II • Rule 1: • Write Statements, Not Announcements - The subject of this paper will be my parents.

Writing a Good Thesis II My parents each struggled with personal demons.

Writing a Good Thesis II • I want to talk about the crime wave in our country.

Writing a Good Thesis II • The recent crime wave in our city has several apparent causes.

Writing a Good Thesis II • The baby-boom generation is the concern of this essay.

Writing a Good Thesis II • The baby-boom generation has changed American society in key ways.

Writing a Good Thesis II • Rule 2: • Avoid Statements That Are Too Broad • Insects are fascinating creatures.

Writing a Good Thesis II • Strength, organization, and communication make the ant one of nature’s most successful insects.

Writing a Good Thesis II • Men and women are very different.

Writing 2

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2. Writing Process

Free-Writing 2

Writing Activity #2

Writing 2 Win

Writing workshop #2

Writing Forum 2

Unit 2: Writing process

Writing Workshop # 2

Writing: Unit 2

Paragraph Writing Part-2 (Essay Writing)

2-1A Writing Equations

Expository Writing Lesson 2

Paper 2: Writing

Higher Writing Folio: Creative Writing 2

Practical Writing (2)

Writing Lesson 2

NE4016 Academic Writing 2

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