T HESIS S TATEMENTS

Types of Thesis Statements Tip 1.Determine what kind of paper you are writing: ●An analytical paper breaks down an issue or an idea into its component parts, evaluates the issue or idea, and presents this breakdown and evaluation to the audience. ●An expository (explanatory) paper explains something to the audience. ●An argumentative paper makes a claim about a topic and justifies this claim with specific evidence. The claim could be an opinion, a policy proposal, an evaluation, a cause-and-effect statement, or an interpretation. The goal of the argumentative paper is to convince the audience that the claim is true based on the evidence provided.

Types of Thesis Statements Tip 2. Your thesis statement should be specific—it should cover only what you will discuss in your paper and should be supported with specific evidence.

Types of Thesis Statements Tip 3. The thesis statement usually appears at the end of the first paragraph of a paper.

Types of Thesis Statements Tip 4. Your topic may change as you write, so you may need to revise your thesis statement to reflect exactly what you have discussed in the paper.

What do you need to remember when writing a thesis statement?

Video on how to write a thesis ●

Construction of a Thesis Statement 1.The three-point thesis lists the evidence that supports your primary argument. Each body paragraph discusses one piece of evidence. Example: Superman is cool because he is strong, helps people in danger, and can fly.

Construction of a Thesis Statement 2. The umbrella thesis encompasses the entire argument in a concise statement without naming each piece of evidence that the author plans to use. Example: Based on his abilities Superman is the most iconic super hero of all time.

Create your own superhero! ●Come up with a name ●Write down three abilities your superhero will have

Create a thesis on your superhero ●Using the information you put down, create a three-point thesis statement on your superhero. ●After creating your thesis statement, draw a picture of what your superhero is going to look like.

CNN Student News ●Watch CNN student news and come up with a thesis statement for one of the stories they cover. ●Take notes on which story you want to write on. ●Create a three-point thesis statement on the story you chose. ●

Closure Which type of research paper (expository, argumentative, or analytical) do you feel most comfortable with? Why?