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Thesis Statements Please take the following notes to help you with your essay. A thesis statement… presents the writer’s approach, or insight, toward the topic presents an opinion about its topic identifies a new way of examining the topic provides an answer to an implied question What is a thesis statement? Arguable Thesis statements are presentations of opinion. If everyone (or almost everyone) agrees with what the thesis statement says, it is useless. There is no point in stating the obvious. Therefore a thesis statement should present an idea that some people will disagree with. Topic + Debatable Opinion How to formulate a thesis: Broad Subject: To Kill a Mockingbird Specific Topic: Scout Finch Question about topic: Why is she important to the story? Thesis: Scout Finch is a lady. Check the thesis: Can the writer identify the topic of the thesis statement? It might be a symbol, a character, a motif, or an aspect of DIDLS. Can the writer identify an opinion? Does the thesis summarize or only point out an obvious pattern? Does the diction include vague or abstract words preventing a clear focus? Thesis without opinion: Scrooge is forced to remember events from his past. There are many symbols in the book. Dickens repeats images of “hands” in the novel. Thesis with opinion: Scrooge’s encounters with ghosts illustrate the transformative power of memory. In Great Expectations the hands motif indicates Pip’s location in the journey toward maturity. Thesis with opinion: Huck and Jim’s friendship moves through three stages: the meeting, the challenge and survival, and developing love. The diction and imagery Twain uses in relaying Huck’s story reveals his personal struggle with freedom and civilization. Topic: Scout Thesis: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee focuses the attention of the reader on Scout’s growth as she transforms from a carefree child into a true lady, one who is a lady at heart, not just a lady in appearance. Formulating Topic S