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1、THESISSTATEMENTSTheRoadMaptoaGreatWriter’sJourney***BRAINSTORM******SearchforEvidence******Reflect***HOWDOESTHEWRITERFORMULATEATHESISSTATEMENT?BroadSubject-----AChristmasCarolSpecificTopic-----BobCratchitQuestionabouttheTopic----Whyisheimportanttothestory?C
2、heckthethesisstatement:topic+debatableopinionCanthewriteridentifythetopicofthethesisstatement?Thesubjectmightbeasymbol,character,motif,archetype,oranaspectofDIDLS(diction,imagery,details,language,sentencestructure).Canthewriteridentifytheopinion?Ordoesthest
3、atementmerelyidentifysomethinginthetext?Checkthethesisstatement:topic+debatableopinionDoesthethesismerelysummarizeoronlypointoutanobviousdetailorpattern?Doesthedictioninthethesisincludevagueorabstractwordsthatcontaintoomanymeanings,thuspreventingaclearfocus
4、?Examplesofthesisstatementswithoutanopinion*EbenezerScroogeisforcedtoremembereventsofthepast.*HuckandJimexperienceseveralconflictsduringtheirtraveldowntheriver.*Therearemanysymbolsinthebook.*Dickensrepeatsimagesof“hands”throughoutthenovel.*MatthewArnold’sse
5、ametaphorplaysasignificantroleinthepoem.Examplesofthesisstatementswithanopinion*Scrooge’sencounterswiththeghostsillustratethetransformativepowerofmemory.*Huck’sandJim’sfriendshipmovesthroughthreestages:themeeting,thechallengeandsurvival,anddevelopinglove.Ex
6、amplesofthesisstatementswithanopinion*ThearchetypeofclothingreflectsHuck’sdesireforindividuality.*InGreatExpectations,thehandsmotifindicatesPip’slocationinthejourneytowardmaturity.*TheseametaphorallowsMatthewArnoldtodevelopapoliticalcommentaryontheVictorian
7、Age,atimeinwhichmanisisolatedandvoidofreligiousconviction,asituationthatcanonlyberectifiedbyhumanlove.APAPERCANBEWITHOUTANINTRODUCTION,BUTITMUSTHAVEATHESIS.TheThesisshouldaddresstopic,debatableopinion,anduniversalidea.AGAIN,THETHREEELEMENTSTHETHESISMUSTHA
8、VEARE:1.topic---direction2.debatableopinion---claim3.universal---ideaTheclaimistheopinion----theverb/verbswillindicatetheclaim.Examples----argues,reflects,indicates,develops,proves,allows,Justifie