English IV

THESIS STATEMENTS

English IV

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Standards:L8.4.c: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use – Consult

general and specialized reference materials, both print and digital, to rind the pronunciation or a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part of speech

W.11-12.9 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research

W11-12: Production and Distribution of Writing – Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

Quickwrite

What is a thesis statement?

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Pass forward your book/topic selection.

Thesis Statement Examples

We’re going to go over some examples of a good or bad thesis statement.

Good one side, bad the other.

HUNGER PERSISTS IN APPALACHIA.

1: Good or Bad?

HUNGER PERSISTS IN APPALACHIA.TOO VAGUE

1: Bad Thesis Statement

HUNGER PERSISTS IN APPALACHIA BECAUSE JOBS ARE SCARCE, AND FARMING IN THE INFERTILE SOIL OF

THE REGION IS RARELY PROFITABLE.

1: Better Version

Mr. Rivera’s Rule #1

Don’t be vague, Keep it on point.

THE CONCEPT OF GLOBAL WARMING SHOULD NOT

RECEIVE THE AMOUNT OF ATTENTION THAT IS

CURRENTLY FOCUSED ON THIS ISSUE.

2: Good or Bad?



CURRENTLY FOCUSED ON THIS ISSUE.

OPINION




CURRENTLY FOCUSED ON THIS ISSUE BECAUSE THE EARTH

CONSTANTLY GOES THROUGH SPELLS OF WARMING AND

COOLING; THE INCREASING TEMPERATURE OF THE EARTH

IS BUT A PART OF THIS NATURAL CYCLE AND OUT OF

HUMAN CONTROL.

2: Better Version


Opinions are never a bad thing, unless it is in a thesis statement.

THIS PAPER WILL CONSIDER THE

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF

CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON FREE SPEECH.

3: Good or Bad?

THIS PAPER WILL CONSIDER THE

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF

CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON FREE SPEECH.

TAKES NO STANCE ON TOPIC



Be firm and commit to a stance.

EVEN THOUGH THERE MAY BE CONSIDERABLE

ADVANTAGES TO RESTRICTING HATE SPEECH,

THE POSSIBILITY OF CHILLING OPEN DIALOGUE

ON CRUCIAL RACIAL ISSUES IS TOO GREAT AND TOO HIGH A PRICE TO PAY.

4: Good or Bad?

EVEN THOUGH THERE MAY BE CONSIDERABLE

ADVANTAGES TO RESTRICTING HATE

SPEECH, THE POSSIBILITY OF CHILLING OPEN

DIALOGUE ON CRUCIAL RACIAL ISSUES IS TOO

GREAT AND TOO HIGH A PRICE TO PAY.

4: Good Thesis Statement

THERE SHOULD BE NO

RESTRICTIONS ON THE 1ST

AMENDMENT.

5: Good of Bad?

THERE SHOULD BE NO RESTRICTIONS

ON THE 1ST AMENDMENT.

OVERLY BROAD THESIS STATEMENT



Always keep your focus apparent when writing.

THERE SHOULD BE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE 1ST

AMENDMENT IF THOSE RESTRICTIONS ARE INTENDED

MERELY TO PROTECT INDIVIDUALS FROM

UNSPECIFIED OR OTHERWISE UNQUANTIFIABLE OR

UNVERIFIABLE "EMOTIONAL DISTRESS."

6: Good or Bad?

6: Good Thesis Statement

THERE ARE ALWAYS

ALTERNATIVES TO USING RACIST

SPEECH.

7: Good or Bad?

THERE ARE ALWAYS ALTERNATIVES TO USING

RACIST SPEECH.INCONTESTABLE/MOST PEOPLE WON’T ARGUE

AGAINST THIS



Writing isn’t a science project. Don’t try to prove the proven.

IF WE CAN ACCEPT THAT EMOTIONAL INJURIES CAN

BE JUST AS PAINFUL AS PHYSICAL ONES WE

SHOULD LIMIT SPEECH THAT MAY HURT PEOPLE'S

FEELINGS IN WAYS SIMILAR TO THE WAY WE LIMIT

SPEECH THAT MAY LEAD DIRECTLY TO BODILY HARM.

8: Good or Bad?

8:Good Thesis Statement

THERE ARE MANY REASONS

WE NEED TO LIMIT HATE

SPEECH.

9: Good or Bad?

THERE ARE MANY REASONS

WE NEED TO LIMIT HATE

SPEECH.LIST THESIS



People love lists.

NONE OF THE ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF REGULATING

PORNOGRAPHY ARE PERSUASIVE BECAUSE THEY ALL BASE THEIR POINTS ON

THE UNVERIFIABLE AND QUESTIONABLE

ASSUMPTION THAT THE PRODUCERS OF PORNOGRAPHY

NECESSARILY HARBOR ILL WILL SPECIFICALLY TO

WOMEN.

10: Good or Bad?

10. Good Thesis Statement

AMERICANS TODAY ARE NOT

PREPARED TO GIVE UP ON THE

CONCEPT OF FREE SPEECH.

11. Good or Bad?

AMERICANS TODAY ARE NOT

PREPARED TO GIVE UP ON THE

CONCEPT OF FREE SPEECH.

OPINIONATED

11. Bad Thesis Statement

WHETHER OR NOT THE CULTURAL CONCEPT OF FREE SPEECH BEARS ANY RELATION TO THE REALITY OF

1ST AMENDMENT LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE, ITS

CONTINUING SOCIAL FUNCTION AS A PROMOTER OF TOLERANCE AND

INTELLECTUAL EXCHANGE TRUMPS THE CALL FOR POLITICIZATION

(ACCORDING TO FISH'S AGENDA) OF THE TERM.

12. Good or Bad?

12.Good Thesis Statement

THIS PAPER WILL ADDRESS THE

CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD CORPORATE MANAGER.

13. Good or Bad?

THIS PAPER WILL ADDRESS THE

CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD CORPORATE

MANAGER.NO SPECIFIC ISSUE


THE VERY TRAIT THAT MAKES FOR AN

EFFECTIVE CORPORATE MANAGER—THE DRIVE TO

SUCCEED—CAN ALSO MAKE THE LEADER DOMINEERING AND

THEREFORE INEFFECTIVE .

14. Good or Bad?

THE FLIGHT FROM TEACHING TO RESEARCH

AND PUBLISHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION IS A

CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE IN THE ACADEMIC WORLD. I WILL SHOW DIFFERENT

VIEWS AND ASPECTS CONCERNING THIS

PROBLEM.

15. Good or Bad?

THE FLIGHT FROM TEACHING TO RESEARCH

AND PUBLISHING IN HIGHER EDUCATION IS A

CONTROVERSIAL ISSUE IN THE ACADEMIC WORLD. I WILL SHOW DIFFERENT

VIEWS AND ASPECTS CONCERNING THIS

PROBLEM.STATEMENT OF FACT



Don’t state the obvious.

AN IMPORTANT PART OF ONE’S COLLEGE

EDUCATION IS LEARNING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND OTHERS’

POINTS OF VIEW.

16. Good or Bad?

AN IMPORTANT PART OF ONE’S COLLEGE EDUCATION IS LEARNING TO BETTER

UNDERSTAND OTHERS’ POINTS OF VIEW.

CONVENTIONAL WISDOM/COMMON

KNOWLEDGE


ALTHOUGH AN IMPORTANT PART OF ONE’S COLLEGE

EDUCATION IS LEARNING TO BETTER UNDERSTAND OTHERS’

POINTS OF VIEW, A PERSISTENT DANGER IS THAT THE STUDENTS WILL SIMPLY

BE REQUIRED TO SUBSTITUTE THE TEACHER’S ANSWERS FOR

THE ONES THEY GREW UP UNCRITICALLY BELIEVING .

17. Good or Bad?

SIR THOMAS MORE’S UTOPIA TREATS INDIVIDUALISM AS A SERIOUS BUT REMEDIABLE

SOCIAL PROBLEM. HIS RADICAL TREATMENT OF WHAT WE MIGHT

NOW CALL “SOCIALIZATION” ATTEMPTS TO REDEFINE THE

MEANING AND ORIGIN OF INDIVIDUAL IDENTITY.

18. Good or Bad?

SIR THOMAS MORE’S UTOPIA TREATS

INDIVIDUALISM AS A SERIOUS BUT REMEDIABLE

SOCIAL PROBLEM. HIS RADICAL TREATMENT OF

WHAT WE MIGHT NOW CALL “SOCIALIZATION”

ATTEMPTS TO REDEFINE THE MEANING AND ORIGIN OF INDIVIDUAL IDENTITY.

PERSONAL IDEA/BELIEF


SIR THOMAS MORE’S UTOPIA PROPOSES AN UNWORKABLE SET OF

SOLUTIONS TO SOCIETY’S PROBLEMS BECAUSE,

LIKE COMMUNIST RUSSIA, IT SUPPRESSES

INDIVIDUALISM.

19. Good or Bad?

OTHELLO IS A PLAY ABOUT

LOVE AND JEALOUSY.

20. Good or Bad?

OTHELLO IS A PLAY ABOUT LOVE

AND JEALOUSY.OVERLY BROAD


ALTHOUGH OTHELLO APPEARS TO ATTACK JEALOUSY, IT ALSO

SUPPORTS THE SKEPTICISM OF THE JEALOUS

CHARACTERS OVER THE NAÏVETÉ OF THE LOVERS.

21. Good or Bad?

Should There Be Time…

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