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.
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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.
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