{"id":172,"date":"2016-12-31T03:59:07","date_gmt":"2016-12-31T03:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/enga102\/?page_id=172"},"modified":"2016-12-31T03:59:07","modified_gmt":"2016-12-31T03:59:07","slug":"outputs-writing-a-thesis-statement-challenge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/enga102\/learning-pathways\/building-strong-arguments\/outputs-writing-a-thesis-statement-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Outputs-Writing a thesis statement challenge"},"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\"><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=\"activity\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/enga102\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_activity.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Learning output actions<\/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>Prepare a blog post of 500 &#8211; 600 where you will revisit your work from the last challenge in <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/wikieducator.org\/The_process_of_writing\/ENGA101\/The_PWR_method\/E-activity-outputs\">ENGA 101<\/a>, but this time with an eye to polishing the thesis statement component of the introduction.\n<\/p>\n<p>Think about the following as you polish the thesis statement:\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li> Does state your argument?\n<\/li>\n<li> Is it focused?\n<\/li>\n<li> Is it controversial or original?\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Remember to tag (WordPress) or label (Blogger) your blog post using the course tag: <i><a href=\"\/index.php?title=Writing_for_academic_purposes\/enga102\/tag&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1\" class=\"new\" title=\"Writing for academic purposes\/enga102\/tag (page does not exist)\">Writing for academic purposes\/enga102\/tag<\/a><\/i>\n<\/p>\n<p>Note that you can also record your reflections in a written journal, if you prefer, but sharing your insights with your classmates means that you can trigger a discussion that may lead to a deeper understanding as we can all benefit from each other&#8217;s experience.\n<\/p>\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:Comment.gif\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Comment.gif\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/d\/db\/Comment.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a>:<span style=\"color: green; 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