C LIT 30B Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Gender Role, Thesis Statement, Gottfried Keller
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Focus on thesis statements for final paper and take-home final. Concise: says what it needs to say in the least complicated way. Specific: addressing a particular aspect of a given topic or answers the prompt (not vague! Try to answer the questions of which/who and why and. Argumentative: someone can say yes or no to it; capable of being refuted; moves beyond summary and includes a opinion or viewpoint that must be supported/defended by the body of the essay. Stands on its own without introduction: includes title of the text where relevant to the argument. Tells the reader what they"re about to read. Gets revised at the end of the writing process: making sure the thesis reflects what was actually written about. May have a topic, but the scope of its claim is not specific enough. A thesis that will set up the entire paper/argument (laying out each body paragraph, essentially)
