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Challenge summary

Summary: Making a claim
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1 – 2 hours
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Stimulus resources

  1. Lessons learned about traps to avoid when writing a thesis statement from the matching activity.
  2. Lessons learned from the Youtube video about writing an effective thesis statement and blog post.
  3. Knowledge acquired through your reading of 3 Ways to Write a Thesis Statement from the wikihow website and from The Guiding Idea and Argumentative Thesis Statement by Rhonda Dietrich, from the English Composition I course available from Saylor Academy.

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Purpose

What is the role of an thesis statement? What does it do for you or your reader? The purpose of this learning challenge is:

  • To get you started down the road to writing solid academic papers.
  • To learn to write a thesis statement.
  • To help you think about a thesis and how getting it right can lead to better quality academic writing.