Mrs. Jodoin's Thesis Statement Web Based Lesson

Thesis Statement

A Web-Based Investigation

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Please click on the links below and answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper.  Good Luck and have FUN !!!!

1.   http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/thesistatement.html

    A. What is written in the top box beginning with ãA thesis statement ·?
    B. What is written in the bottom box at the end of this article?

2.   http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/tips/thesisstmt.htm

            Where is the thesis located?

 3.   http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/thesis.html

        Scroll to ãCreating a Frameworkä

        A. Where is the thesis statement located?
        B. What is at the beginning of each paragraph?

        Scroll to ã Thus, a Thesis Statementä

       C. In a long paper, how is the thesis sometimes expressed?  (Two ways)

       Scroll to  ãFor the readerä

        D.  List three facts about the thesis statement.

          Scroll to ãFor the writerä

        E.  List two facts about a thesis statement.

4.   http://cctc2.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/thesis.htm#

      Read paragraph #1

     A simile is used in this paragraph. 

           A.     Write the ãentireä simile and the explanation that follows
     B.  What should writers avoid according to paragraph #6?

   5.  http://www.richmond.edu/~writing/wweb/thesis.html

      1. Scroll to The Weak "I will show " thesis.  Please read this whole section.

A.     Write a portion of the sentence beginning with 
ãNeverthelessä  (stop after the fifth word from the quotation marks in this sentence)

     2. Scroll to HOW? WHY?  Read the whole section. 

            B. Write the first thesis.
            C. In the "fourth" thesis, what four points were added about young people in the          
               Middle Ages to make the original thesis more detailed?

6.   http://www.calstatela.edu/centers/write_cn/journey.htm

1. In the introduction, what simile is used?
2. Write the comparison.
3. What are the first two questions one should ask when writing an introduction?
   

    7.   http://www.panam.edu/faculty/mdreed/2303/fivep.html

       A.  Why is the thesis statement the most important sentence in the entire essay?
       B.  What MUST the thesis statement include?

     Read the example for the thesis statement.

     From this example, what words will be included in the topic sentence for

        C. Paragraph # 1?
        D. Paragraph # 2?
        E.  Paragraph # 3?

8.   http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/thesis.html

     Scroll to ãHow to Tell A Strong Thesis Sentence From A Weak Oneä

     Read all the information in #1

     Compare the weak thesis to the strong thesis.

     What three topics were added to the second thesis to make it stronger than the first?