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thethesisstatementfurtherfocusesthesubjectbecauseitmustclearlystateinsentenceform,thewriter’scentralpoint:themainideaoropinionthattherestoftheessaywillsupportanddiscuss.

thethesisstatementshouldbeasspecificaspossible.bywritingaspecificthesisstatement,youfocusonyoursubjectandgiveyourselfandyourreaderaclearerideaofwhatwillfollowinthebodyoftheessay.

writingthethesisstatement

therearemanywaystomakevaguethesisstatementmorespecific.asageneralrule,replacevaguewordswithmoreexactwordsandreplacevagueideaswithmorepleteinformation.e.g.:

vague:myrecenttriptobeijingwasreallybad.

revised:myrecenttriptobeijingwasdisappointingbecausethewhetherupsetmysightseeingplans.

planningandorderingthebody

thethesisstatementsetsforththemainideaoftheentireessay,butitisthebodyoftheessaythatmustfullysupportanddiscussthatthesisstatement.

planningthebody

inposingthethesisstatement,thewriterhasalreadygivensomethoughttowhatthebodywillcontain.now,heorsheshouldmakeaplanthatincludes:twotofourmainideastosupportthethesisstatementtwotofourtopicsentencesstatingtheseideas

aplanforeachparagraphinthebody

alogicalorderinwhichtopresenttheseparagraphs

planningthebody

differentwriterscreatesuchplansindifferentways.herearetwoapproachesthatmanywritersuse.somewritersbrainstorm/jotdownideasandthenfinalparagraphgroups.othersfirstwritetopicsentencesandthenplanparagraphs.

whatkindofwriterdoyoubelongto?

jotdownideasandthenfinalparagraphs

havingwrittenthethesisstatement,somewritersbrainstorm—theyjotdownanyideasthatdevelopthethesisstatement,includingmainideas,specificdetails,andexamples,alljumbledtogether.onlyaftercreatingalonglistdotheygobackoverit,dropanyideasthatdonotsupportthethesisstatement,andthanlookfor“paragraphgroups.”

bybrainstormingandthendroppingideasthatdonotrelate,youwilleventuallyproducealist…

nowreadoverthelist,lookingfroupsofideasthatmightbeeparagraphs.someideasmightbeetopicsentences;othersmightbeusedtosupportatopicsentence.

writetopicsentencesandthenplanparagraphs

sometimesawritercanposetopicsentencesdirectlyfromthethesisstatementwithoutjottingfirst.thisisespeciallytrueifthethesisstatementitselfshowshowthebodywillbedividedoranized.suchathesisstatementmatchestheworkofplanningparagraphseasybecausethewriterhasalreadybrokendownthesubjectintosupportingideasorparts,e.g.:

becausethestudentcanteenhasmanyproblems,theuniversityshouldhireanewadministratortoseethatitisproperlymanagedinthefuture.

question:howmanymainideasdoesthisstatementcontain?

thisthesisstatementcontainstwomainideas:

thefirststatestheproblemsandthesecondoffersasolution.

orderingtheparagraphswithintheessay

itisimportantthattheparagraphsinyourplan,andlaterinyouressay,followalogicalorder.theruleforwritingisthis:useyourmonsenseandplanahead.donotleavetheorderofyourparagraphstochance.

howmanytypesofordercanbeusedinthesiswriting?

whatarethey?

orderingtheparagraphswithintheessay

thetypesoforderoftenusedinsingleparagraphs—timeorder,spaceorder,andorderofclimax—cansometimesbeusedtoarrangeparagraphswithinanessay.essaysaboutsubjectsthatcanbebrokenintostages,witheachstepdiscussedinoneparagraph,shouldbearrangedaordingtotime.spaceorderisusedoasionallyindescriptiveessays.awriterwhowishestosavethemostimportantorconvincingparagraphforlastwoulduseorderofclimax.orheorshemightwishtoreversethisorderandputthemostimportantparagraphfirst.