Wednesday 2/22 Nadir Hassan

Nadir Hassan
Mr. Rivers/Ms. Dalia

English CP 11

22 February 2017

Wonderful Wednesday!

Today we started class off by taking some notes on thesis statements. Thesis statements are a major portion of our outline grade (10 points) so it is essential to do it right. Some key notes on thesis statements are revising thesis always, revise for specification and clarification. You should find the balance between specificity and clarity. Specific enough to include all detail but also clear enough to not jumble up words and go on a run on. In addition, a thesis statement should allow your arguments to be shown clearly and efficiently so the reader can understand where you stand on the topic. The thesis will also answer the question of “How?” you will be able to prove your argument. In doing so, it will make your job easier when writing your research paper and will make it sound more sophisticated to the reader. We also discussed two main types of thesis statements; multipoint and big picture. Multipoint is usually written for essays with three paragraphs but for our research paper we should mainly focus on a big picture thesis statement. It is not a bad idea to have a multipoint thesis because REVISION IS KEY.  By creating a multipoint thesis, it will allow you to revise and create it into a big picture thesis, sophisticated and neat. We also talked about topic sentences and talked about how important they are. When talking about topic sentences, it is always important to push for specificity over anything else! The rest of the period was spent on creating our own outlines. Good luck and don’t be hesitant to ask questions!