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Analysis thesis statements
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*Go to the following link and read the first 4
paragraphs
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Dream
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*By applying principle (ordefinition) X, we can understand(topic) as (conclusion based on
analysis)
According to Martin Luther King,
Jr.s I Have a Dream speech, the
American Dream includes andcenters around the ideal of equality
for all to include
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*By applying principle (or definition) X, we canunderstand (topic) as (conclusion based onanalysis)
* View each video clip.
* Write a thesis for each in relation to theAmerican Dream.
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*By applying principle (or definition) X, we canunderstand (topic) as (conclusion based onanalysis)
* Cinderella Man
In Cinderella Man, James Braddocks view of theAmerican Dream involves
* Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Hunter S. Thompsons definition of the AmericanDream illustrates its decline from working hard
to getting rich quick as evidenced by his two
trips to Las Vegas and drug use.
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*First, locate your articles analytical principle
*summarize the key definition or principle that
forms the basis of the analysis
*use 2 specific reading strategies to identify
principles and definitions in source materials*Look for a sentence that makes a general
statement about the way something works
*Look for statements that take this form:Xcan be defined as A, B, and C
*In other words, look for the articlesthesis statment
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*Take this analytical principle and construct athesis statement
*By applying principle (or definition) X, we canunderstand (topic) as (conclusion based on
analysis)
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*Outline of Student Threes essay
Thesis: By applying the principle of energy
independence, we can understand that the U.S.
and other countries of the world need to accept
the fact that energy interdependence is not afiction, but a reality, and that global trading is
the future.
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*Outline of Student Threes essay
II.Body
A. Until the U.S. accepts that the global energy
market is becoming more and more interdependent,
there will never be effective discussion about theenergy problems that currently exist.
1. Countries like Saudi Arabia and Iran,
which export the highest amounts of energy to other
countries, continue to import other energy productsbecause they are not independent of other
countries.
2. Bryce paraphrase
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*Outline of Student Threes essay
II.Body
B. The farmers can grow tons of corn and
windmills and solar panels can be installed, but
they will never produce as much electricity asfossil fuels or nuclear reactors.
1. Bryce quote
2. Americas energy needs are simplytoo huge to be completely satisfied by
alternative energy sources.
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*Outline of Student Threes essay
II.Body
C. American ignorance
1. Far from the truth
2. Our politicians and business people
need to find ways of maintaining the rapport
with energy producing countries of the Arab and
Islamic world.
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*Ellipsis, Brackets, Slash worksheets
*Hacker exercise 44-1
*Your analysis thesis statement
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