THESIS STATEMENTS English IV Rivera/Roule

Standards: L8.4.c: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use – Consult general and specialized reference materials, both print and digital, to rind the pronunciation or a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part of speech W Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research W11-12: Production and Distribution of Writing – Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

Quickwrite What is a thesis statement? Don’t Forget to get your checklist signed. Pass forward your book/topic selection.

Thesis Statement Examples We’re going to go over some examples of a good or bad thesis statement. Good one side, bad the other.

HUNGER PERSISTS IN APPALACHIA. 1: Good or Bad?

HUNGER PERSISTS IN APPALACHIA. TOO VAGUE 1: Bad Thesis Statement

HUNGER PERSISTS IN APPALACHIA BECAUSE JOBS ARE SCARCE, AND FARMING IN THE INFERTILE SOIL OF THE REGION IS RARELY PROFITABLE. 1: Better Version

Mr. Rivera’s Rule #1 Don’t be vague, Keep it on point.

THE CONCEPT OF GLOBAL WARMING SHOULD NOT RECEIVE THE AMOUNT OF ATTENTION THAT IS CURRENTLY FOCUSED ON THIS ISSUE. 2: Good or Bad?

THE CONCEPT OF GLOBAL WARMING SHOULD NOT RECEIVE THE AMOUNT OF ATTENTION THAT IS CURRENTLY FOCUSED ON THIS ISSUE. OPINION 2: Bad Thesis Statement

THE CONCEPT OF GLOBAL WARMING SHOULD NOT RECEIVE THE AMOUNT OF ATTENTION THAT IS CURRENTLY FOCUSED ON THIS ISSUE BECAUSE THE EARTH CONSTANTLY GOES THROUGH SPELLS OF WARMING AND COOLING; THE INCREASING TEMPERATURE OF THE EARTH IS BUT A PART OF THIS NATURAL CYCLE AND OUT OF HUMAN CONTROL. 2: Better Version

Mr. Rivera’s Rule #2 Opinions are never a bad thing, unless it is in a thesis statement.

THIS PAPER WILL CONSIDER THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON FREE SPEECH. 3: Good or Bad?

THIS PAPER WILL CONSIDER THE ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON FREE SPEECH. TAKES NO STANCE ON TOPIC 3: Bad Thesis Statement

Mr. Rivera’s Rule #3 Be firm and commit to a stance.

EVEN THOUGH THERE MAY BE CONSIDERABLE ADVANTAGES TO RESTRICTING HATE SPEECH, THE POSSIBILITY OF CHILLING OPEN DIALOGUE ON CRUCIAL RACIAL ISSUES IS TOO GREAT AND TOO HIGH A PRICE TO PAY. 4: Good or Bad?

EVEN THOUGH THERE MAY BE CONSIDERABLE ADVANTAGES TO RESTRICTING HATE SPEECH, THE POSSIBILITY OF CHILLING OPEN DIALOGUE ON CRUCIAL RACIAL ISSUES IS TOO GREAT AND TOO HIGH A PRICE TO PAY. 4: Good Thesis Statement

THERE SHOULD BE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE 1ST AMENDMENT. 5: Good of Bad?

THERE SHOULD BE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE 1ST AMENDMENT. OVERLY BROAD THESIS STATEMENT 5: Bad Thesis Statement

Mr. Rivera’s Rule #4 Always keep your focus apparent when writing.

THERE SHOULD BE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE 1ST AMENDMENT IF THOSE RESTRICTIONS ARE INTENDED MERELY TO PROTECT INDIVIDUALS FROM UNSPECIFIED OR OTHERWISE UNQUANTIFIABLE OR UNVERIFIABLE "EMOTIONAL DISTRESS." 6: Good or Bad?

6: Good Thesis Statement

THERE ARE ALWAYS ALTERNATIVES TO USING RACIST SPEECH. 7: Good or Bad?

THERE ARE ALWAYS ALTERNATIVES TO USING RACIST SPEECH. INCONTESTABLE/MOST PEOPLE WON’T ARGUE AGAINST THIS 7: Bad Thesis Statement

Mr. Rivera’s Rule #5 Writing isn’t a science project. Don’t try to prove the proven.

IF WE CAN ACCEPT THAT EMOTIONAL INJURIES CAN BE JUST AS PAINFUL AS PHYSICAL ONES WE SHOULD LIMIT SPEECH THAT MAY HURT PEOPLE'S FEELINGS IN WAYS SIMILAR TO THE WAY WE LIMIT SPEECH THAT MAY LEAD DIRECTLY TO BODILY HARM. 8: Good or Bad?

8:Good Thesis Statement

THERE ARE MANY REASONS WE NEED TO LIMIT HATE SPEECH. 9: Good or Bad?

THERE ARE MANY REASONS WE NEED TO LIMIT HATE SPEECH. LIST THESIS 9: Bad Thesis Statement

Mr. Rivera’s Rule #6 People love lists.

NONE OF THE ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF REGULATING PORNOGRAPHY ARE PERSUASIVE BECAUSE THEY ALL BASE THEIR POINTS ON THE UNVERIFIABLE AND QUESTIONABLE ASSUMPTION THAT THE PRODUCERS OF PORNOGRAPHY NECESSARILY HARBOR ILL WILL SPECIFICALLY TO WOMEN. 10: Good or Bad?

10. Good Thesis Statement

AMERICANS TODAY ARE NOT PREPARED TO GIVE UP ON THE CONCEPT OF FREE SPEECH. 11. Good or Bad?

AMERICANS TODAY ARE NOT PREPARED TO GIVE UP ON THE CONCEPT OF FREE SPEECH. OPINIONATED 11. Bad Thesis Statement

WHETHER OR NOT THE CULTURAL CONCEPT OF FREE SPEECH BEARS ANY RELATION TO THE REALITY OF 1ST AMENDMENT LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE, ITS CONTINUING SOCIAL FUNCTION AS A PROMOTER OF TOLERANCE AND INTELLECTUAL EXCHANGE TRUMPS THE CALL FOR POLITICIZATION (ACCORDING TO FISH'S AGENDA) OF THE TERM. 12. Good or Bad?

12.Good Thesis Statement

THIS PAPER WILL ADDRESS THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD CORPORATE MANAGER. 13. Good or Bad?

THIS PAPER WILL ADDRESS THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD CORPORATE MANAGER. NO SPECIFIC ISSUE 13. Bad Thesis Statement

THE VERY TRAIT THAT MAKES FOR AN EFFECTIVE CORPORATE MANAGER— THE DRIVE TO SUCCEED— CAN ALSO MAKE THE LEADER DOMINEERING AND THEREFORE INEFFECTIVE. 14. Good or Bad?

14. Good Thesis Statement

THE FLIGHT FROM TEACHING TO RESEARCH AND PUBLISHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION IS A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE IN THE ACADEMIC WORLD. I WILL SHOW DIFFERENT VIEWS AND ASPECTS CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM. 15. Good or Bad?

THE FLIGHT FROM TEACHING TO RESEARCH AND PUBLISHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION IS A CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE IN THE ACADEMIC WORLD. I WILL SHOW DIFFERENT VIEWS AND ASPECTS CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM. STATEMENT OF FACT 15. Bad Thesis Statement

Mr. Rivera’s Rule #6 Don’t state the obvious.

AN IMPORTANT PART OF ONE’S COLLEGE EDUCATION IS LEARNING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND OTHERS’ POINTS OF VIEW. 16. Good or Bad?

AN IMPORTANT PART OF ONE’S COLLEGE EDUCATION IS LEARNING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND OTHERS’ POINTS OF VIEW. CONVENTIONAL WISDOM/COMMON KNOWLEDGE 16. Bad Thesis Statement

ALTHOUGH AN IMPORTANT PART OF ONE’S COLLEGE EDUCATION IS LEARNING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND OTHERS’ POINTS OF VIEW, A PERSISTENT DANGER IS THAT THE STUDENTS WILL SIMPLY BE REQUIRED TO SUBSTITUTE THE TEACHER’S ANSWERS FOR THE ONES THEY GREW UP UNCRITICALLY BELIEVING. 17. Good or Bad?

17. Good Thesis Statement

SIR THOMAS MORE’S UTOPIA TREATS INDIVIDUALISM AS A SERIOUS BUT REMEDIABLE SOCIAL PROBLEM. HIS RADICAL TREATMENT OF WHAT WE MIGHT NOW CALL “SOCIALIZATION” ATTEMPTS TO REDEFINE THE MEANING AND ORIGIN OF INDIVIDUAL IDENTITY. 18. Good or Bad?

SIR THOMAS MORE’S UTOPIA TREATS INDIVIDUALISM AS A SERIOUS BUT REMEDIABLE SOCIAL PROBLEM. HIS RADICAL TREATMENT OF WHAT WE MIGHT NOW CALL “SOCIALIZATION” ATTEMPTS TO REDEFINE THE MEANING AND ORIGIN OF INDIVIDUAL IDENTITY. PERSONAL IDEA/BELIEF 18. Bad Thesis Statement

SIR THOMAS MORE’S UTOPIA PROPOSES AN UNWORKABLE SET OF SOLUTIONS TO SOCIETY’S PROBLEMS BECAUSE, LIKE COMMUNIST RUSSIA, IT SUPPRESSES INDIVIDUALISM. 19. Good or Bad?

19. Good Thesis Statement

OTHELLO IS A PLAY ABOUT LOVE AND JEALOUSY. 20. Good or Bad?

OTHELLO IS A PLAY ABOUT LOVE AND JEALOUSY. OVERLY BROAD 20. Bad Thesis Statement

ALTHOUGH OTHELLO APPEARS TO ATTACK JEALOUSY, IT ALSO SUPPORTS THE SKEPTICISM OF THE JEALOUS CHARACTERS OVER THE NAÏVETÉ OF THE LOVERS. 21. Good or Bad?

23. Good Thesis Statement

Should There Be Time… Start Making Your Own Thesis Statements for your Papers -- They are due next Friday. ***Don’t forget to get your checklists signed***