{"id":168,"date":"2016-12-31T03:58:59","date_gmt":"2016-12-31T03:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/enga102\/?page_id=168"},"modified":"2016-12-31T03:58:59","modified_gmt":"2016-12-31T03:58:59","slug":"start-writing-a-thesis-statement-challenge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/enga102\/learning-pathways\/building-strong-arguments\/start-writing-a-thesis-statement-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Start-Writing a thesis statement challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Lessons learned about traps to avoid when writing a thesis statement from the matching activity<\/a>.\n<\/li>\n
  2. Lessons learned from the Youtube video<\/a> about writing an effective thesis statement and blog post.\n<\/li>\n
  3. Knowledge acquired through your reading of 3 Ways to Write a Thesis Statement<\/a><\/b> from the wikihow<\/a><\/b> website and from The Guiding Idea and Argumentative Thesis Statement<\/a><\/b> by Rhonda Dietrich, from the English Composition I<\/a><\/b> course available from Saylor Academy<\/a><\/b>.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    What is the role of an thesis statement? What does it do for you or your reader? The purpose of this learning challenge is:\n<\/p>\n