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ATTT thesis is only used

for literary analysis of

books/novels.

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In Suzanne Collins futuristic novel, The Hunger Games, 24 children are unjustly chosen to fight to the death.

For a strong thesis in an essay, you must

answer the question asked in the prompt.

Most prompts don’t have a question, so

you have to imply the question from the

given information.

READ the following quotation:

“The central task is to implant a will and a facility for learning; it should produce not learned but learning people.”

THINK about the following statement.School is only the base of your knowledge and what

you’ll learn.

WRITE an essay explaining the importance of school.

Implied question: Why is it important to stay in school?

Thesis: Two important reasons why it is important to

stay in school are ______________ and

________________.

A STRONG THESIS NEEDS

TO BE FOLLOWED BY

A STRONG TOPIC

SENTENCE.

A topic sentence is a sentence that expresses the essential idea of a paragraph, usually appearing at the beginning.

EACH TOPIC SENTENCE SHOULD INCLUDE A DIFFERENT EXAMPLE FOR THE TWO BODY PARAGRAPHS.

THE BODY

PARAGRAPH IS

STRONGER IF

HISTORICAL OR

LITERARY

EXAMPLES ARE

USED.

YOU MUST PROVE AND FURTHER EXPLAIN THE

EXAMPLE YOU GAVE AND PROVIDE TO

DETAIL OF WHY YOUR EXAMPLE RELATES TO

THE TOPIC.

The commentary supports the example.

The examples support the

topic sentence.

The topic sentence supports

the thesis.

Katherine Gomezcurriculum.austinisd.

orgwritingcenter.unc.ed

usanantonioisd.edu