Thesis Sentence/Statement

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Thesis Sentence/Statement

• The main idea of an essay, report, speech, or
  research paper, sometimes written as a single
  declarative sentence. A thesis may be implied
  rather than stated directly.
• A thesis statement presents your opinions or
  thoughts on a subject or an issue. You cannot
  write an essay without one.
• A thesis statement must contain a subject an
  opinion.
• A thesis statement answers the topic question
  (the one you created or the one presented to you
  by the instructor).
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Thesis Sentence/Statement

• A good thesis statement is short and simple it
  should be no longer than one sentence, regardless
  of essay length.
• Good Example Success is a result of doing the
  right things consistently.
• Bad Example In a world full of success gurus and
  books about success, it becomes ever so more
  important to delineate the one trait that
  ultimately determines success doing the right
  things consistently.
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Thesis Sentence/Statement

• It makes a clear and specific statement.
• It indicates the direction of your thoughts.
• It sets a stage.
• It provides structure.
• It is supported by the body paragraph

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Transition Sentences

• Transition-sentences bring out the logical
  relation between ideas.  You want your paper to
  read like a continuous argument which good
  transitions help to facilitate.  Words like
  however, so, additionally do indicate a
  logical relation between paragraphs, but they are
  weak.  A strong transition makes the relation
  explicit.

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• Weaker transition However, conflicts between
  principle and emotion more often occur when there
  is a conflict between the moral values of
  different cultures.
• Stronger transition While conflict between
  morality and sympathy can occur in the context of
  a single cultural code, it more often arises in
  cross-cultural conflicts.

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• 1 summarizes the point of the previous
  paragraph.2 summarizes the point of the
  current paragraph.