Sunday, October 5, 2014

Writing thesis statements exercise

Exercise 1
1)A
2)A
3)F
4)F
5)A
6)F
7)A
8)F
9)A
10)F

Exercise 2
1)Basketball is a better sport than football.
2)Hip hop and R&B is the best type of music.
3) School is not as important as people make it seem.

Exercise 3 
1) Distance education is the best way to learn.
2) You can tell a lot about a person by the way their voice sounds.
3)Every job deserves to have paid vacation time.
4) If you aren't cheating, you aren't trying.
5) If you volunteer for anything at all, you can get into great schools.
6)Reality shows teach people real life lessons.
7)There is no relationship stronger than an father and his son(s).
8) College newspapers only teach college students about the new gossip.
9) A strong family bond starts with eating together.
10) The way correction officers treat inmates is unfair.
Exercise 4 
Thesis: College is not as important as people make them seem.
Supporting arguments:

  1. Many people who never went to college are still successful. 
  2. Teachers aren't even teaching students what they need to know. 
  3. Thousands of people who have graduated from college are unemployed and broke. 
Thesis:  A person's looks is the most important thing about them. 
Supporting arguments:  
  1. You can show them around to make others jealous.
  2. Attractive people give you good looking children.
  3. They make you look better as a person. 
 

Exercise 5
1) Gamblers do a lot of damage to the game.
2) It has many community colleges that enhance local economies.
Exercise 6
1) When it comes to baseball, cheating is a big deal for people on on and off the field.
2)There are many different positive reasons to live in Kansas. 

1 comment:

  1. Tierra --

    You have the right idea here for the most part, but many of your thesis statements are too broad or vague. It will actually be easier for you to write effective essays if you work on narrowing down your arguments -- theses should be restricted and specific, remember? "Distance education is the best way to learn," for example, is not specific enough to be effective.

    Thanks for your work.

    Nick

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