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The Thesis Statement
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What does College Board say? Begins your essay “States a thesis that directly addresses all parts of the questions. The thesis must do more than restate the question.” (college board rubric) Must answer prompt About 3 sentences Sets up the topics you will cover for the reader
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Thesis Formula X. However, A,B, and C. Therefore, Y. X- Contradictory side or background information A,B, and C- Your main ideas of your three body paragraphs. This lets the reader know exactly what you will be discussing in your essay. Y- Your main point of your argument
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Practice #1 (as a class) Analyze the cultural and economic responses of TWO of the following groups to the Indians of North America before 1750. British British French French Spanish Spanish
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First steps Tear apart the prompt What does it mean to analyze? Which of the two groups do you know more about? Apply to the thesis format
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