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Thesis Statements

Thesis Statements. Look again at your Successful Framework…crib sheet. Does your thesis statement follow this structure? Have you included ALL elements the prompt requires? Your thesis statement should be specific, but without including any of your “proof” or “support.”

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Thesis Statements

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  1. Thesis Statements • Look again at your Successful Framework…crib sheet. • Does your thesis statement follow this structure? • Have you included ALL elements the prompt requires? • Your thesis statement should be specific, but without including any of your “proof” or “support.” • For now, your opening paragraph in a timed write should be only the thesis statement.

  2. Thesis Statement“Birthday Party” First attempt: In Katherine Brushes short story “Birthday Party,” written in 1946 the writer used diction to show what a bad marriage looks like. Revised: In her 1946 short story, “Birthday Party,” Katharine Brush uses punishing polysyndeton and mocking adjectives to deliver a scathing satire on marriage.

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