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1、ThesisStatementsTheThesisStatementisthemainargumentofyourpaper,condenseddownintoonesentence.Aneasywaytothinkofathesisisthatitistheanswertoyourresearchquestion.Forexample,ifIwaswritingapaperabouttheplague,Iwouldfirstlookattheresearchquestion:"IstheBlac
2、kPlaguedeservingofthenegativereputationitreceives?"BasedontheresearchIhavedone,andeverythingIhavelearnedabouttheplague,Ianswerthequestion:"TheBlackPlaguedoesnotdeservethenegativereputationitreceives,because..."PlanofDevelopmentTheplanofdevelopmentcons
3、istsofthethreetopicsthatyouwilladdressinyourbodyparagraphs.Often,researchpaperwriterswillincludetheplanofdevelopmentintheirthesisstatement.Example:"TheBlackPlaguedoesnotdeservethenegativereputationitreceives,becauseitincreasedtechnologicalinnovation,l
4、edtothegrowthofcities,andwastotallygnarly."TopicSentencesThetopicsentenceshouldbethefirstsentenceofyourbodyparagraph.Basically,topicsentencesshouldrestateoneoftheitemsinyourplanofdevelopment:PlanofDevelopment:"TheBlackPlaguedoesnotdeservethenegativere
5、putationitreceives,becauseitincreasedtechnologicalinnovation,ledtothegrowthofcities,andwastotallygnarly."ExampleTopicSentence:TheBlackPlagueledtonumeroustechnologicalinnovations,specificallyinagriculturalmachinery.TheOutline:ThePlanofDevelopmentactsas
6、amapforyourpaper,andformsthebasisoftheresearchoutline.EachiteminthePlanofDevelopmentshouldbecomeatopicsentence;eachtopicsentencebeginsoneofyourbodyparagraphs;thus,youshouldhaveasectionofyouroutlinedevotedtoeachoftheseitems.HereisthebasicformatoftheRes
7、earchOutline(whichwewillcompleteinNoodletools)I.ThesisStatementwithPlanofdevelopmentII.BodyParagraph#1a.Topicsentence:Thisshouldintroducethetopicoftheparagraph.Ex.TheBlackPlagueledtonumeroustechnologicalinnovations,specificallyinagriculturalmachinery.
8、b.SupportingDetail#1(yourfirstnotecard)c.SupportingDetail#2and#3andasmanyasyouneed(your2nd,3rd,nthnotecards)d.Closingsentence:Wrapupyourideasandmoveintonexttopic.III.andIV.RepeatstepsfromBodyParagraph1forBodyParagraph2and3.