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1、THESISSTATEMENTSAthesisstatementclarifiesanessay'sargumentanddirection.Ithelpscreateaunifiedessay.Typically,thethesisstatementispositionedattheendoftheintroductoryparagraphsothatitwillprovideaforecastforthepaper.Unfortunately,comingupwithagoodthesisstatementisn'talwayseasy.Forthisreason,itm
2、ighthelptolookatsomecharacteristicsofsuccessfulthesisstatementsandthentoexplorewaystoinventthem.A.Thesisstatementscontainapointorassertion.Athesisstatementneedstocontainthecoreofyourargumentandmakeanassertionthatyouressaysupports.Evenifyouarewritingananalyticalordescriptiveessay,yourintenti
3、stoconvincethereaderofapoint:yourspecificpositiononatopic.Forexample,youmightwritealiteraryanalysisusingthefollowingthesis,onethatstillarguesapoint:JamesJoyce's"Araby"islikeaworkofvisualartinthat,inordertograspitsfullimpactandmeaning,areadermusttaketime,bothinreflectionandthroughrepeatedenc
4、ounterswithit,toabsorbthesensualimagerythatformsboththebackdropfortheprotagonist'sactionsandcreatesthemovementoftheplotinandofitself.B.Thesisstatementsneedtoprovideaunifiedargument.Ifyounoticethatyourthesiscanbedividedintotwotopicsconnectedlooselybyacoordinatingconjunction(likeand,but,for,n
5、or,or,so,yet),considertryingtoconnectthetwostatementswithasubordinatingconjunction(suchasthrough,although,because,since)toshowtherelationshipbetweenthetwostatements.Youcouldtakethethesisstatement,MartinLutherKingJr.'s"LetterfromBirminghamJail"usesemotionalappealveryeffectivelytomakehisreade
6、rsfeeltheplightofAfricanAmericanpeopleandituseslotsofmovingexamplesoftheproblemsAfricanAmericanpeopledealtwith.Andchangeitto:MartinLutherKingJr.'s"LetterfromBirminghamJail"usesemotionalappealveryeffectivelytomakehisreadersfeeltheplightofAfricanAmericanpeopleinpartbecauseitusesmovingexamples
7、oftheproblemsAfricanAmericanpeopledealtwith.Ontheotherhand,thefollowingthesisstatementwouldbemoredifficulttounifythroughsubordinationandneedstobenarrowed:ThomasJeffersonwasanexcellentU.S.president,havinghadsomerevolutionarythoughtsaboutindependenceandthe
