Thesis

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• Thesis
• Controlling
• Idea

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An Ideal Thesis

• isnt too broad or too narrow
• isnt a fact or an announcement
• is an opinion without the I think in front.
• I think smoking Smoking is
• is unhealthy. ? unhealthy.

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An Ideal Thesisis qualified by reasons.

• Smoking is Smoking is unhealthy
• unhealthy. ? physically and
  mentally.
• Those reasons become the topic
  sentences!

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Lets Try it!

• Which of the following is the best thesis?
• 1. The subject of this paper will be my parents.
• 2. Disease has shaped human history.
• 3. A hurricane hit southern Florida last summer.
• 4. Bike riding in the city can be dangerous.

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Bike riding in the city can be dangerous. ?

• 1. The subject of this paper will be my parents.
• NO Announcement.
• 2. Disease has shaped human history. TOO BROAD.
• 3. A hurricane hit southern Florida last summer.
  FACT.

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A Thesis can also be called?a position?the
argument?the main point?the central claim