Day 5 (Sep 5) - Thesis Statement & Parallel Structure

Q: What is a thesis statement? Where should it be?

Look at the following slides and find your answer.

Take a look at these Sample Academic Paper Introduction Paragraphs, and answer the questions thereafter.

Here is a good example of thesis statement from the New York Times.

You can find the tips to write efficient thesis statement here and here.

Let's do some practice now!
Exercise 1 & Exercise 2



Q: What is a parallel structure?

A: Using the same pattern of words, phrases or clauses in writing to show two or more ideas have the same level of importance.

Here are some examples.

More Practice!