ENG 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Thesis Statement, List Of Fables Characters

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: English
• Course: ENG 1100
• Professor: Jeanie Warnock

Document Summary

Thesis statements: makes a claim or sets out an assertion about a topic. Different types of thesis statements for different purposes: Claims of fact for essays that are primarily informative, often used in social sciences and sciences. Suggests changes to policy, solution to a problem, causes of an effect. In which writer is evaluating, interpreting, or critiquing. Has sufficient complexity so that it may be explored not just repeated. Clearly sorts out the position or the information that will be explores. Sets out the main point of our argument or discussion. Who"s going to care: try to refine your topic from broad, to intermediate, to narrow and focus o. Balance pros and cons or benefits and costs. Set out an argument that acknowledges an opposing position, then states its own. Keep in mind different ways in responding to and making use of information (rhetorical patterns)