Thesis Statements Handout I. Functions and purposes of a Thesis Statement a. To announce the topic to the reader b. To reflect a judgment about a topic c. To provide the reader with a blueprint for what is to come in the paper II. Evaluating a thesis statement a. There are several ways to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of a thesis statement. i. First‚ Broad thesis statements are claims that are vague‚ ambiguous or overreaching. These are claims that do not meet at least two of
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Summary of the Grit Jonah Lehrer’s article‚ “The Truth about Grit” introduces‚ and describes a mental trait called grit. The author begins this article by comparing his work on grit with Isaac Newton’s theory on gravity. The mental trait‚ grit‚ like Newton’s theory was not a new idea‚ but rather put a name and study of the term. Using Newton’s long determination on one specific goal was also an enhanced way to proving Lehrer’s theory on grit. Lehrer later describes the term as‚ “setting a specific
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Dialectical Notes The Diary of Anne Frank Quote Analysis *The first table (blue) represents the five dialectical notes under the Inward versus the Outward Self Theme‚ while the second (turquoise) represents the dialectical notes under the Generosity and Greed in Wartime theme. Quote | Response | “Yes‚ Mr. Dussel! According to him‚ nothing‚ I repeat… nothing‚ is right about me… my appearance‚ my character‚ my manners. While he was going on at me‚ I thought… sometime I’ll give you such a
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Melina Guzman Mrs. Reed Period: 4 November 7‚ 2011 The Truth about Pharmaceutical Industry “Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction” (Erich). Living in today’s society it’s impossible for you not see advertisement for the Pharmaceutical industry. Whether it’s a billboard‚ a commercial or an elderly person wearing a sponsored rain jacket their advertisements are hard to miss. Every day we see these
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rationale.. |finding similarities and being able to identify the cancer type | | |regardless of the similarities will shed light on the subject. | |What do you want your readers to learn and understand after |There is a lot of common ground with these two types of cancer and | |reading your essay? What is the purpose of your essay? |being able to distinguish between the two will give better
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The Truth About Shape-Shifting Myths and legends of shape-shifters have been around for hundreds of years but shape-shifters themselves have been around for much longer. In this report I will be analysing myths and legends about shape-shifters and using this information to explain anomalies today. I will be focusing on the myths of were- wolves. Shape-Shifters (were-wolves)
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Michael Rosario Professor Stone COMM 1010-60 Experiencing Theatre April 24‚ 2013 The Truth About the Vagina Monologues First things first. VAGINA is NOT a bad word. It is a biological term. A medical reality. A reproductive necessity. It is not perverted to say the word or acknowledge its presence. In fact will all those who don’t have a problem with the word in the audience‚ please raise their hands. Ok‚ good. Now can we please whisper the word. .vagina.. a little louder please..Vagina.. Now
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Schlink’s The Reader‚ the first-person narrator Michael describes reading the account written by a concentration camp who had survived along with her mother‚ the soul survivors in a large group of women who were being marched away from the camp. He says‚ "the book...creates distance. It does not invite one to identify with it and makes no one sympathetic..." The same could be said of The Reader. The book is written in such a way as to distance one from the characters. It prevents people from sympathizing
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Connection To Real Women Have Curves In the movie Real Women Have Curves multiple obstacles that may impact a student’s possibility of continuing with his or her education are clearly pointed out. In the movie Real Women Have Curves there is Ana‚ a character in the movie that has the opportunity to continue her education after high school by attending a university but‚ has to work as a seamstress with her mother and sister. The one issue that I can relate to is that like Ana I have had to go to work
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The Truth about Arranged Marriages Shockingly‚ arranged marriages still take place in many countries. It has existed since ancient times and the process has continued to develop. To this day it still is one of the most controversial subjects out there‚ “critics and proponents of arranged marriages both agree that true love it the main component for a happy marriage and family” (arranged marriages). The purpose of my paper is that arranged marriages are immoral and that each woman should have the
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