Find Some Support

Look for one good quote and one paraphrase (remember that a paraphrase maintains the idea of the original author and deserves credit for that idea; however, you do not use their exact language).

Re-post your thesis and below it, add your quote and paraphrase. Be sure to include in-text citation.  Below that, create a Works Cited citation for those sources. YOU MAY NOT USE WIKIPEDIA; If you use a dot com, be sure you can verify the validity of the information (is there an author?  is there a last updated date? is the information hosted by a well known organization?)

*EXAMPLE:

My revised thesis:  Ice cream  is much more successful in treating heartbreak than is the more commonly used cure now being used–Facebook bulletins.

Quote:  According to Freud, “people’s egos make them lash out when they are in pain” (45).

Paraphrase: Using Facebook to flash hurtful bulletins on the friends of all the former lover’s pages usually makes things worse (“The Hidden Danger of Facebooking”).

Works Cited

Freud, Sigmund. Id versus Ego. New York:  Bloomsday Press, 2003.

“The Hidden Danger of Facebooking.” New England Herald Online. 3 May 2003.

*This information is all fictional

What are you interested in????

Please post three potential thesis statements concerning a topic(s) of interest. Remember to avoid use of “I think, I believe, In my opinion.” Your thesis statements can be claims of fact (true/false), value (wrong/right, good/bad), or policy (should/should not).  The topic is up to you, but remember that it has to be a topic that is appropriate and is of enough interest to you that it will keep you going because this is a relatively lengthy project ahead.

You must post these statements by 9:00 p.m

You must also respond to other people’s thesis statements by 7:00 a.m. Please respond to THE WAY THE THESIS IS WRITTEN not whether you agree or disagree with one another’s claims.  All of these claims (if they are strong claims) will have agreement or disagreement to them.