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    Chapter 3

    Chapter Three

    The First and Second Steps


    in Essay Writing
    College Writing Skills with Readings,
    John Langan

    College Writing Skills, 6E/ CWSwR, 6E ©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
    Chapter 3

    The First Two Steps


    point,
    point or thesis.

    the thesis with


    specific
    evidence.
    College Writing Skills, 6E/ CWSwR, 6E ©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
    Chapter 3

    Common Errors in Writing a Thesis


    • ANNOUNCEMENTS
    rather than statements
    • Statements that are

    •Statements that are


    •Statements that contain more than one
    i d ea
    College Writing Skills, 6E/ CWSwR, 6E ©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
    Chapter 3

    Announcements rather than Statements


    Ex.: I want to talk about
    the crime wave in our
    Thecountry .
    sentence above merely tells the
    subject of the paper.
    A thesis statement must
    advance a point about a
    limited subject.
    College Writing Skills, 6E/ CWSwR, 6E ©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
    Chapter 3

    A Good Thesis
    A good thesis is neither too broad nor too narrow:

    too broad
    Crime is a major concern of everyone in our
    country.

    too narrow
    My parents had only one child.
    JUST RIGHT
    A honeymoon is perhaps the worst way to begin
    a marriage.
    College Writing Skills, 6E/ CWSwR, 6E ©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
    Chapter 3

    Statements That Contain More


    Than One Idea
    Ex.: My parents helped me grow
    in important ways, although in
    other respects I was limited.
    In the statement above, the reader is asked
    to focus on two separate points,
    each of which more logically belongs
    in an essay of its own.
    College Writing Skills, 6E/ CWSwR, 6E ©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
    Chapter 3

    Support the Thesis with


    Specific Evidence

    Write down a brief


    version of your thesis
    and then jot down the
    three points that will
    support it.

    College Writing Skills, 6E/ CWSwR, 6E ©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
    Chapter 3

    The Importance of Specific


    Details
    Develop your
    supporting points
    with specific details.

    WHY? Because
    •details excite the
    reader’s interest.
    •details serve to
    explain a writer’s©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
    College Writing Skills, 6E/ CWSwR, 6E
    point.
    Chapter 3

    The Importance of Adequate


    Details
    specific
    Provide enough
    details to fully
    support the
    point in a body
    College Writing Skills, 6E/ CWSwR, 6E ©2005 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

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