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The Thesis Statement

• Clarifying Ideas
• Revealing the Purpose

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The Thesis Statement

• Pretend you are living in a world where you are
  sitting in a classroom with a writing prompt in
  front of you.
• The instructions have been read and the time has
  started. What do you do?

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The Thesis Statement

• You identify it immediately as the dastardly
  Cause Effect Prompt.
• Immediately you recall the Cause Effect Thesis
  Structure
• Clear Focused PURPOSE (E 1) (E 2)
  THESIS STATEMENT.

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The Thesis Statement

• Your mind immediately flies back to the first
  semester and your wonderful experience in Mr.
  Reedys class.
• With confidence you read the bold-faced
  instructions, comprehending them absolutely!!!

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The Thesis Statement

• From the bold-faced instructions you immediately
  identify the C.A.P.
• Context, Audience, Purpose
• You then underline and/or circle them.
• Your mind, as though second nature, identifies
  the text box containing the supplemental
  information.

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The Thesis Statement

• You read ALL of the supplemental information
  identifying if it will be easier to right for or
  against the PURPOSE of the prompt.
• You write FOR or AGAINST next to each piece of
  information identify exactly which pieces are
  suited for your stance on the topic.

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The Thesis Statement

• You then choose 2 (TWO) pieces, and 2 pieces ONLY
  from the supplemental information to use in your
  paper as
• SUPPORTING DETAILS

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The Thesis Statement

• You then create your own rough C.A.P. sheet on
  scrap paper and begin to elaborate on each piece
  of S.I.
• You recall personal, relatable, relevant
  experiences that you can use in your paper.

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The Thesis Statement

• Finally, with great confidence, you begin to
  construct your Thesis.
• You state the PURPOSE of your paper.
• You create 2 (TWO) general statements that
  capture the main idea of your elaborations.

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The Thesis Statement

• Purpose To discuss the negative aspects of
  Tobacco use in modern society.
• S1 57 of tobacco users develop some tobacco
  related cancer in their lifetime.
• E1 Tobacco is directly related to cancer,
• My friends father died from lung
• cancer at 47.
• Tobacco is addictive because people have
  to
• smoke even though it will kill them and
  leave
• their families in despair.

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The Thesis Statement

• General Statement from (E 1) to include in
  Thesis Statement
• Tobacco use in America is becoming a serious
  problem (P) because it causes tobacco-related
  cancers (E 1), as well as
• (E 2).

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Thesis Statement

• You now have your complete Thesis Statement.
• All you have to do now is compose your essay.
  The tracks have been laid. Now all the train has
  to do is to go down them.

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The Thesis Statement

• You then put all of the pieces together for your
  Thesis Statement.