WRI203H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Thesis Statement

• School: UTM
• Department: Professional Writing and Communication
• Course: WRI203H5
• Professor: T B A

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Sqr3 refers to survey, question, read, review. Skimming helps provide context for reading and choosing where to focus critical efforts. Focus on topic sentences, transitions, choices of language, signal phrases, etc. Focus on argument and not on information. Focus on explanation of moves and concepts. An essay must have five paragraphs and follow the hamburger format: always true, always false, true in most cases (correct answer!, true if you want an a . The purpose of a paper is to persuade or argue about a certain point. It must focus and be oriented towards something. The form of the paper should be an essay, with a thesis, support and a pattern of argument. An argument is not: an information dump, a disagreement, an opinion. An argument is: presented so others can test your claim and reasoning, a conversation. An argument contains: a thesis, evidence, a strategy to support the thesis, an awareness of the limits.