Identifying a Thesis in English Composition - Lecture Slides | ENGL 110C, Study notes of Grammar and Composition

Download Identifying a Thesis in English Composition - Lecture Slides | ENGL 110C and more Study notes Grammar and Composition in PDF only on Docsity! | Identifying a Thesis ENG 110  What is a Thesis?  Presenting your position on a subject  Focuses on an interesting and significant issue  Engages your energies and merits your consideration.  It determines what does and does not belong in the essay  Helps focus the reader on the piece’s central point Tone and Point of View  “Parents, school boards, principals: ditch the boob tube and the cutesy interactive computer and put the bucks where it counts—in teachers.” OR  “Education won’t be improved by purchasing more electronic teaching tools but by allocating more money to hire and develop good teachers.” a Implied Pattern of Development “| Comparison-contrast “1 |llustration Or leh-m =i (s\el “1 Argumentation-Persuasion  What patterns might these thesis statements follow?  Being a parent today is much more difficult that is was a generation ago. Answer: Argumentation-persuasion  Computer programs in arithmetic can individualize instruction more effectively than the average elementary school teacher can. Answer: Compare-contrast Avoid the following in writing an effective thesis  Don’t write a highly opinionated statement: “With characteristic clumsiness, campus officials bumbled their way through the recent budget crisis.” OR “Campus officials had trouble managing the recent budget crisis effectively.” Avoid the following in writing an effective thesis  Don’t make an announcement My essay will discuss whether a student pub should exist on campus. OR This college should not allow a student pub on campus. Avoid the following in writing an effective thesis  Don’t make a factual statement Movies nowadays are often violent. OR Movie violence provides a healthy outlet for aggression.