Checking Your Working Thesis Part Three of the Writing Process

The Thesis Must Be One Sentence My Working Thesis is: It has a subject and predicateYes No It isn’t two sentencesYes No It is a statement not a questionYes No If all answers are yes go on to next slide. If even one answer is NO revise your thesis then go on. My revised thesis is:

The Thesis Must Be Sufficiently Limited My thesis focuses on only one area of limitation which is _______________. I have sufficient support for this topic from my limitation worksheet with: ______ Quotes listed from the text ______ Quotes listed from the critics If you have at least 10 quotes from the text and at least 6 quotes from 4 different critics, go on to the next slide. If you don’t, choose another limitation area or find more quotes for this one.

The Thesis Must Be An Arguable Position My working thesis is:___________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ _________________________________________ Someone could argue with my position Yes no I realize that not everyone would agree with me. Yes no If you answered YES to both statements go on to the next slide. If you answered no, revise your thesis, then go on. My revised thesis is:___________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________

The Thesis must Be Enumerated My thesis is: ____________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ My enumerations are: If you listed 2,3 or 4 enumerations, go on to next slide. If not revise your thesis, then go on. My revised thesis is___________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________

The Thesis is Not A Fact My thesis is:_________________________________________ ___________________________________________ __________________________ Almost everyone would agree with my thesis Yes No If you answered NO, go on to the next slide. If you answered YES, revise your thesis and then go on. My revised thesis is: ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________

The Thesis Must Be A Position Based On Research My Working thesis is:________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ____________ I have _______ words of research material listed on my preliminary bibliography in support of my thesis. If you have at least 400 words listed for a 500 word paper or 600 words listed for an eight hundred word paper, go on to the last slide, if not find more support and revise your thesis. My revised thesis is:________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ _____________________________________

The Final Thesis My Final Thesis Is:____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ _____________________________________ Congratulations. You are ready to Write.