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Thesis Statement

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DEFINITION:
The thesis statement is that sentence or two in your text that includes the focus of your essay and expresses what the essay is going to be about. Although you would certainly be able to write a good essay without a thesis statement, the lack of a thesis statement may well be a symptom of an essay affected by a lack of focus. Numerous writers think of a thesis statement as an umbrella: everything you write in your essay has to fit under it.

HOW TO:
The purpose of the thesis statement is to give order both to the writer and to the reader. It does this by plainly stating the key claim that a piece of writing will try to support. The writer is careful in the thesis statement to convey a paper’s argument with precision that clarifies and focuses the direction of the paper.

Everyday Use:
Thesis Statements are used every day in reading and writing and daily conversation.

Lyrics

What’s the thesis statement?

It’s the focus of an essay, found in the beginning

And it tells you what’s the point so you understand the ending

It’s the thesis statement, yeah

What I know, don’t play around

See the focus easily found

Ain’t no way to come back later

I’m the man around my town

That’s my thesis statement, yeah

Let’s go

State your claim!

What’s your agreement?

That’s your thesis statement, even off the conclusions

Since I’m focused, don’t confuse it

For example: if we’re tested, let’s say I aced them all

Then after that I give details with my scores and all

Don’t be on pause see that first one was my point

See that first one was my meaning, I can’t ever stop the dreaming, No!

Once you get that you can freshly build on thinking slow or tell the story, find the purpose then you’re good to go

Thesis statement tells it all, sums it up at the same time

If you find a good one, you can learn a lot in one line

Ain’t no looking back, it’s your focus it’s a wrap

Make your goal your thesis statement, then you build on top of that

It’s the focus of an essay, found in the beginning

And it tells you what’s the point so you understand the ending

It’s the thesis statement, yeah

What I know, don’t play around

See the focus easily found

Ain’t no way to come back later

I’m the man around my town

That’s my thesis statement, yeah

When you make a thesis statement please avoid direct quotes

Use your own views, own mind maybe own jokes, own meaning, own takes ain’t no wrong in original

You can even hear or omit a song that you’re listening to

Peek a boo thesis statement true that’s debatable

Should the word tomato be a vegie or a fruit

Always make some sort of claim that we all dispute

Road map or foil paper, that ain’t nothing new and it helps the reader too

They interpret subject matter, that’s discussion from your standpoint

That’s your stage that you can stand on

That’s an easy bucket and one, we can represent for Travon

We can learn this for ourselves, Thesis statement that’s my bis-oint

(Wait a minute, did we really just say bis-oint)

It’s the focus of an essay, found in the beginning

And it tells you what’s the point so you understand the ending

It’s the thesis statement, yeah

Its’s the thesis statement, yeah

What I know, don’t play around

See the focus easily found

Ain’t no way to come back later

I’m the man around my town

That’s my thesis statement, yeah

Standards

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.2.D — Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.