大学英语写作技巧Writing Week 3

FirstandSecondStepsFall2014Showyouhowto…Startanessaywithapoint,orthesisSupportthatpoint,orthesis,withspecificevidence4WritingStepsDiscoverathesis–oftenthroughprewriting.Developsolidsupportforthethesis.Organizethethesisandsupportingmaterial.Reviseandedittoensureanerror-freeessay.Step1Beginwithapoint,orThesisWhy?Youwanttoknowrightfromthestartifyouhaveaclearandworkablethesis.Youwillbeabletousethethesisasaguidewhilewritingyouressay.Doesthissupportmythesis?ThesisStatementsEffectiveessayscenteraroundathesis,ormainpoint.First,ittellsreadersanessay’stopic.Second,itpresentsthewriter’sattitude,opinion,ideaorpointaboutthattopic.Owningapethasseveralbenefits.topicmainideaActivityForeachthesisstatementonpage49,single-underlinethetopicanddouble-underlinethemainpointthatthewriterwishestoexpressaboutthetopic.WritingaGoodThesisILimityoursubjectWritingaGoodThesisIIWriteStatements,NotAnnouncementsWritingaGoodThesisIIWriteStatements,NotAnnouncementsAvoidStatementsThatAreTooBroadWritingaGoodThesisIIWriteStatements,NotAnnouncementsAvoidStatementsThatAreTooBroadAvoidStatementsThatAreTooNarrowWritingaGoodThesisIIWriteStatements,NotAnnouncementsAvoidStatementsThatAreTooBroadAvoidStatementsThatAreTooNarrowMakeSureStatementsDevelopOnlyOneIdeaStep2:SupporttheThesiswithSpecificEvidenceTheImportanceofSpecificDetailsExcitethereader’sinterestDetailsexplainawriter’spointTheImportanceofAdequateDetails“Studentsmaytrytodisguiseunsupportedparagraphsthroughrepetitionandgeneralities.Donotfallintothis“wordinesstrip.”Bepreparedtodoplainhardworkneededtoensurethateachparagraphhassolidsupport.”JohnLanganAdvancingandSupportingaThesis:1.IdentifyingthePartsofanEssay2.EvaluatingThesisStatements3.CompletingThesisStatements4.WritingaThesisStatement5.LimitingaTopicandWritingaThesisStatement6.