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    This document discusses four main genres of thesis statements: 1. Analytical essays explore characteristics of an issue and offer an interpretation, such as analyzing McDonald's advertising campaigns for children. 2. Argumentative essays make a claim and support it with evidence, like arguing high schools should include fine arts to stimulate students. 3. Expository essays describe an idea or issue by exploring specific qualities, such as how college students use technology for school, socializing, and information. 4. Narrative essays tell a personal story, sometimes with an implied thesis about formative experiences leading to lifelong literary pursuits.

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    This document discusses four main genres of thesis statements: 1. Analytical essays explore characteristics of an issue and offer an interpretation, such as analyzing McDonald's advertising campaigns for children. 2. Argumentative essays make a claim and support it with evidence, like arguing high schools should include fine arts to stimulate students. 3. Expository essays describe an idea or issue by exploring specific qualities, such as how college students use technology for school, socializing, and information. 4. Narrative essays tell a personal story, sometimes with an implied thesis about formative experiences leading to lifelong literary pursuits.

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    This document discusses four main genres of thesis statements: 1. Analytical essays explore characteristics of an issue and offer an interpretation, such as analyzing McDonald's advertising campaigns for children. 2. Argumentative essays make a claim and support it with evidence, like arguing high schools should include fine arts to stimulate students. 3. Expository essays describe an idea or issue by exploring specific qualities, such as how college students use technology for school, socializing, and information. 4. Narrative essays tell a personal story, sometimes with an implied thesis about formative experiences leading to lifelong literary pursuits.

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    This document discusses four main genres of thesis statements: 1. Analytical essays explore characteristics of an issue and offer an interpretation, such as analyzing McDonald's advertising campaigns for children. 2. Argumentative essays make a claim and support it with evidence, like arguing high schools should include fine arts to stimulate students. 3. Expository essays describe an idea or issue by exploring specific qualities, such as how college students use technology for school, socializing, and information. 4. Narrative essays tell a personal story, sometimes with an implied thesis about formative experiences leading to lifelong literary pursuits.

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    Genres and Types of Thesis Statements

    1. Analytical Essays
    An analytical essay explores particular characteristics of an issue or
    phenomenon, and offers your interpretation or evaluation of how these elements
    work together or why they are important.

    Example:
    “McDonald’s advertising campaign for children reveals serious issues
    regarding the misrepresentation of the nutritional content of McDonald’s
    Happy Meals.”

     The reader would expect this essay to analyze McDonald’s advertising


    campaign for children and to describe the ways in which these campaigns
    misrepresent nutritional content of Happy Meals.

    2. Argumentative Essays
    An argumentative essay requires that you make a particular claim about an issue
    and support that claim with evidence. Claims can take a variety of forms, such as
    an opinion, a proposal, an evaluation, a speculation on a cause and effect
    relationship, or an interpretation of events. The claim you are making is the basis
    of your thesis statement, which should offer a reason for your particular opinion
    or interpretation.

    Example:
    “High schools should include the fine arts in their curriculum to stimulate
    students’ cognitive development, allow them an outlet for creative expression,
    and improve their appreciation of artistic creations of various types.”

     Based on this thesis statement, the reader would expect the paper to
    explore how the arts stimulate cognitive development, allow for creative
    expressions, and improve artistic appreciation for high school students.
    3. Expository Essays
    Expository essays seek to describe an idea or issue for the reader. The thesis for
    this type of essay will define the boundaries of the topic for the reader, usually by
    identifying specific qualities or categories that will be explored in the essay.

    Example:
    “The typical college student of the twenty-first century utilizes technology
    in a variety of ways, to complete academic assignments, to interact socially
    with peers and family, and to access information.”

     An expository essay utilizing this thesis statement would describe how


    technology is used with the different components mentioned: academics,
    social interaction, and information access.

    4. Narrative Essays
    A narrative essay tells a story and is a common genre for the personal essay.
    While a narrative essay will certainly have a central focus, it is not always
    effective to create an explicit thesis statement; sometimes an implied thesis will
    work better for this particular style. However, at times narrative essays can
    benefit from a specific thesis statement. This is a stylistic choice that will depend
    on the essay you create.

    Example:
    “My positive experiences with reading and writing throughout my
    childhood led to an intense interest in literary pursuits throughout my
    lifetime.”

     The narrative essay associated with this thesis statement would give
    examples of reading and writing experiences from childhood, as well as
    the literary pursuits that the writer engaged in throughout her life.

    Prepared by:

    MISS JAMAICA ANN A. BALBERAN, LPT

    Source/s:
    English for Academic and Professional Purposes
    REX Book Store

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