ENG 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ursula Franklin, Thesis Statement

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: English
• Course: ENG 1100
• Professor: Gaye Taylor

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An academic argument = an informed opinion (we don"t debate facts, however we debate our interpretation/utilization of facts) which is where subjectivity comes in. In the early stages, your thesis statement is provisional and preliminary. Working thesis statements give focus, sketching what your argument will include but also, through a process of elimination, what it will exclude. In the final copy, your thesis must be a clear, focused, and yet complex statement of purpose. *note: it is often more than one sentence. In your finished essay, the (often fairly rough) statement that earlier acted as your compass, should become your reader"s map. Think of your (carefully revised) thesis statement as giving an over view of the terrain through which the reader will pass: developing a topic: making it your subject. And scribble things down as soon as you get back: free write your way into your ideas, about one page, use cluster modelling.