{"id":158,"date":"2016-12-31T03:58:35","date_gmt":"2016-12-31T03:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/enga102\/?page_id=158"},"modified":"2016-12-31T03:58:35","modified_gmt":"2016-12-31T03:58:35","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/enga102\/learning-pathways\/building-strong-arguments\/overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<div class=\"thumb tright\">\n<div class=\"thumbinner thumbnail\" style=\"width:302px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:Thesis_Definition.png\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/b\/bd\/Thesis_Definition.png\/300px-Thesis_Definition.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"thumbimage img-responsive\"><\/a>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbcaption\">Thesis Statements<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>More than an introduction, a thesis statement focuses your ideas into a few sentences and presents the topic of the paper. It also lets the reader your position on the topic and tells them what it is about. For the writer, it helps keeps you focused on your argument when writing. <br style=\"clear:both;\"><br \/>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"objectives\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/enga102\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_objectives.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Objectives<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The overall purpose of this learning pathway is to learn how to write a solid thesis statement and then begin to defend it. 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