Thesis Statements

Part 1: How to Prepare Your Thesis Statements

When You Are Composing Thesis Statements, You Need to Know the Following: Your Topic (what your paper will deal with) Your Topic (what your paper will deal with) Your Claim (what you think about the topic) Your Claim (what you think about the topic) Reasons that Support Your Claim (3 points that will persuade your readers to believe your claim) Reasons that Support Your Claim (3 points that will persuade your readers to believe your claim)

1. Your Topic: Shopping at Walmart 2. Your Claim: Everyone should shop at Walmart. 3. Reasons that Support Your Claim: Walmart has variety. Walmart has a large inventory. Walmart has cheap prices.

Try one on your own Topic: Myrtle Beach Claim:___________________________Reasons:1)___________________________________2)___________________________________3)___________________________________

How about This One? Topic: Education Claim:___________________________Reasons:1)___________________________________2)___________________________________3)___________________________________

Part 2: Turning Your Notes into a Thesis Statement

Reading Refresher Thesis With Points Listed Points at the End of the Thesis Statement Points at the End of the Thesis Statement Points at the Beginning of the Thesis Statement Points at the Beginning of the Thesis Statement Points listed in the Sentence after the Thesis Statement Points listed in the Sentence after the Thesis Statement NOTE: You can also have a thesis with no points listed, but we won’t use those this semester.

Your Topic: Shopping at Walmart Your Claim: Everyone should shop at Walmart Reasons that Support Your Claim: 1) Walmart has variety. 2)Walmart has a large inventory. 3) Walmart has cheap prices Points Listed at the End of the Statement Everyone should shop at Walmart because they have variety, a large inventory and cheap prices. Points Listed at the Beginning of the Statement The variety, large inventory and cheap prices at Walmart are why everyone should shop there. Points Listed in the Next Sentence Everyone should shop at Walmart. They have variety, a large inventory and cheap prices.

Now Try Writing All Three Types with the Info You Have Myrtle Beach 1) Points Listed at the End of the Statement 2) Points Listed at the Beginning of the Statement 3) Points Listed in the Next Sentence

Turn the One You Wrote on Education into Each of the Three Types of Thesis Statements 1) Points Listed at the End of the Statement 2) Points Listed at the Beginning of the Statement 3) Points Listed in the Next Sentence