Thesis

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Thesis TTAPP Practice
When something can be read without effort, great
effort has gone into its writing.  Enrique
Jardiel Poncela
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The TTAPP Practice Quick Check

• 1. First, count the number of sentences that you
  have write the total at the end of the
  paragraph.
• Your Points
• 7-10 Sentences? 5 points
• Less than or More 0 points

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• 2.
• Circle the general subject
• Circle the AND in your less general subject
• Limited Subject
• Your Points
• 2 points if you have 1 word for your General
  Subject
• 2 points if you have the word AND
• 2 points if you included your limited subject

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The TTAPP Practice Quick Check
3. Purpose Highlight the TO and your POD
verb Your Points 2 points for to 3 points
for your POD verb it must match your notes!
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4. Tone For your tone go into your paragraph
and make a squiggle line with your highlighter
where it demonstrates you are meeting your
tone! Your Points 4 points for having 1 tone
that is clearly an emotion
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5. Point of View be sure you have both parts .
. . Your Points 3 points for having 1st, 2nd,
or 3rd 2 points for having Someone who
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The TTAPP Practice Quick Check
6. Point of View Next to the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd
write out what the pronouns are. Then circle who
you are as a writer. Your Points 4 points
if you stay within the appropriate point of
view 3 points if you have only 1-2 errors 2
points if you have more than 3 errors
If you are writing in You can use
1st Person I, we, he, she, it or they no you or your
2nd Person You, your, I, we, he, she, it they (all of them!)
3rd Person He, she, it, they (one) no I, we, you or your
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7. Thesis Circle your topic, and then underline
your comment. Your Points 4 points for having
both a topic and comment 3 points for having one
or the other
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• Highlight your thesis in your paragraph.
• Your points
• 3 points for placing it as the first sentence of
  your paper.
• 2 points if you have it in your paragraph, just
  not as the first sentence.

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The TTAPP Practice Quick Check

• Vocab? Highlight each of your three vocab words!
  In the margin, write down the definition of each
  of the three words close to where you used the
  word and be sure you used it correctly.
• Your Points
• 2 points for each correctly used vocab words
  total of 6 points.

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10. MLA Formatting Your Points 3 points for
correct order Your name, my name, course, and
Due date 1 point for a title 1 point for double
spaced (-5 overall if this is not typed)
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Total Points 47 points

• On the back tell me
• 2 strengths of what you wrote for today.
• 2 items you struggled with as you put this
  together.
• (you can put this right on the back of your paper
  or anywhere you have space!)

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Wait One more thingThe copula! We want to
avoid those! Take a minute and circle all your
copula! It is important that we strengthen your
writing by eliminating as many copula as we can!
is am
was were
be being
been have
has had
Choose three sentences where you have a copula
and rewrite them you can do this on the back of
your paper! ?
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Now, on to the thesis . . .
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Common Problems . . .

• Dont write a highly opinionated statement
• Dont make an announcement
• Dont make a factual statement
• Dont make a broad statement

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Just a few hints . . .

• Not a question
• No quotes
• 1 sentence or 2 no more
• Avoid shady pronouns be specific
• Will always be the last sentence of your intro
  paragraph.

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Before we move on Take out your tone and style
handout!
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A Little Bit of Practice
1 Choose one of the two writing prompts to
complete a general, less general, and limited
subject. After you have completed this, find
someone at your table to approve you have met all
the requirements for this! This person needs to
put his/her initials next to your work. Include 1
vocab word!
Prompt 1 Prompt 2
The price of greatness is responsibility. Winston Churchill Do we expect too much from our public figures? Many persons believe that to move up the ladder of success and achievement, they must forget the past, repress it, and relinquish it. But others have just the opposite view. They see old memories as a chance to reckon with the past and integrate past and present. Do memories hinder or help people in their effort to learn from the past and succeed in the present?
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A Little Bit of Practice
2 Choose one of the two writing prompts and
identify your purpose, audience, tone, and point
of view pretend you are going to write an essay
based on the prompt, even though you arent! Be
sure you identify which prompt you have chosen.
After you have finished, find someone at your
table to review what you have and approve this
section by putting his/her initials next to your
work. Be certain that all the required pieces are
there for this section! Include 1 vocab word!
Prompt 1 Prompt 2
The media not only transmit information and culture, they also decide what information is important. In that way, they help to shape culture and values.   Do newspapers, magazines, television, radio, movies, the Internet, and other media determine what is important to most people? If we are afraid to reveal our lack of knowledge we will not be able to learn. In order to make progress we must admit where we are now. Such an admission of ignorance is not easy. As Thoreau says, How can we remember our ignorance which our growth requires, when we are using our knowledge all the time? Does the present system of education encourage us to admit our lack of knowledge, or is there too much pressure to demonstrate the acquisition of knowledge?
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A Little Bit of Practice
3 Choose two of the four writing prompts to
write a thesis. Be sure you identify which prompt
you have chosen. After you have written your
thesis highlight your topic and circle your
comment. Then, find two other people to review
your thesis and each person needs to provide one
strength of your thesis and one weakness. Include
1 vocab word!
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A Little Bit of Practice
3 Choose two of the four writing prompts to
write a thesis. Be sure you identify which prompt
you have chosen. After you have written your
thesis highlight your topic and circle your
comment. Then, find two other people to review
your thesis and each person needs to provide one
strength of your thesis and one weakness. Include
1 vocab word!
Prompt 1 Prompt 2
A little inaccuracy saves a world of explanation. C.E.Ayers Is it always essential to tell the truth, or are there circumstances in which it is better to lie? Many societies believe that the pursuit of happiness is a fundamental human right. But it is also true that attainment of happiness remains elusive. Perhaps Bertrand Russell had it right when he said, To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. What gives us more pleasure and satisfaction the pursuit of our desires or the attainment of them?
Prompt 3 Prompt 4
A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but he is not a man of action. It is as if a tennis player before returning the ball stopped to think about his views of the physical and mental advantages of tennis. You must act as you breathe.Is it true that acting quickly and instinctively is the best response to a crisis? Or are there times when an urgent situation requires a more careful consideration and a slower response? I cannot comprehend those who emphasize or recognize only what is useful. I am concerned that learning for learning's sake is no longer considered desirable, that everything we do and think must be directed toward the solution of a practical problem. More and more we seem to try to teach how to make a good living and not how to live a good life. Do people put too much emphasis on learning practical skills?