ENG 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Breakfast Cereal, Kyoto Protocol, Thesis Statement

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: English
• Course: ENG 1100
• Professor: Elaine Bailey

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From subject to topic: a topic is a narrow branch of a subject, topic comes from the greek word topos for place , the narrow topic limits the content of your essay. Speci c topic: how commercials manipulate their audience. As your research and writing progresses, continue to narrow further. How breakfast cereal commercials manipulate primary school children into eating sugary foods. (this does not take a side: does or doesn"t. As your research continues, you will eventually form a thesis statement. The topic determines what area you will discuss, but not the argument (or position) you will pursue. Begin with a narrow topic before singling out your thesis statement. Techniques to narrowing a topic: narrow your topic to a problem or question, narrow your topic chronologically, narrow your topic spatially i. e a geographical division, narrow your topic to a speci c individual or group. Second division great depression rst three years.