征战Issue之thesis statement

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文章的主题Thesis
Thesis statement应该注意的点包括：
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概括全文观点
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对下文的论证给予提示，提示作者行文思路
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主题句一般出现在开头段的最后一两句
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主题句应该clear, strong, easy to find。主题句一定要清晰！
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主题句应该specific & focused。用American jazz in the 1930s比music好的多
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主题句中禁止出现模糊语句(it seems)
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主题句中禁止出现第一人称(I believe, In my opinion)
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不要说大家都知道的废话，要有可质疑性，可辩论性。
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avoid general phrasing and/or sweeping words such as "all" or "none" or "every"?（避免绝对论调）
公式：Specific topic + Attitude/Angle/Argument = Thesis
What you plan to argue + How you plan to argue it = Thesis

如何写出好的主题句：
１．Rank with justification　考虑重要性
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Most important to least important
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Least important to most important
2.Contrasts (of perspectives of sources) 对比，考虑流行和反对观点
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Although newspapers at the time claimed ……, the most significant cause/explanation/reason, etc. is ……
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While Sb. and Sb. maintains that  ................, more accurately/importantly, etc, # 2's position is the stronger one. (Substitute "most historians" for  So and So and the appropriate person or view or source for #2.)
3.Perception versus reality; 感觉与现实
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Although Turner himself may have believed X, the real causes were Y and Z.
4.Good versus bad reasons:
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Historians generally list six reasons as the cause for X, but among these are four that are valid and two that are not.
５． Cause and Effect: 因果关系
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Certainly, X was the cause and Y was its effect, but between the two are two other factors of equal importance.
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Separately the causes would have not necessarily led to a rampage; however, together their effect was inevitably murderous.  
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Although the effects of the rampage were . . ., the causes were understandable/justifiable/inevitable.
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The more important effects of Nat Turner's rebellion went beyond those of  the local rampage.
６．Challenge:质疑，否定
Nat Turner's rebellion not a righteous response to the injustice of slavery; it was motivated purely by disturbing psychological issues.   

注意：
明确表明立场
表达一个主要观点
具体而不抽象
留给读者质疑和讨论的余地
A good strategy for creating a strong thesis is to show that the topic is controversial.
a great many clear and engaging thesis statements contain words like “because,” “since,” “so,” “although,” “unless,” and “however.”

段落TS和逻辑顺序标志词TS的写法：
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利用复合句，承上启下
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通过提问引出本段话题
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在中间转折

StefanaUID：2143510

这么好的贴沙发都没人要。。见鬼了
Adeline你可以做个汇总了。

jingjingnvwu12UID：2776299

不是很明白。。。

三叶槿UID：2568740

感谢分享～

三叶槿UID：2568740

感谢分享～