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A thesis says something and .
By telling the story of Westley and Buttercup’s triumph over evil,
The Princess Bride
afrms the power of true love.
Although the main point of
The Princess Bride
rests on the
natural power of true love, an examination of the way that ghting
sticks (baseball bats, tree branches, and swords) link the frame
story to romance plot suggests that the grandson is being trained in
true love, that is not natural but socialized.
Both of these statements are perfectly correct. Only the second one says something, well, weird. Weird
is good. Sentence A encourages the paper to produce precisely the evidence that everyone talks about;
sentence B ensures that the paper will talk about something new and different. Many great papers start
by pointing out something that seems to not make sense and then making sense of it.
A thesis ts comfortably into the (MTS).
By looking at _____, we can see _____, which most people don’t see; this is important because ______.
A thesis sets up a miniature for the paper to follow.
Reality dating shows aren’t so real, after all.
Although, shows like
The Bachelor
and
Joe Millionaire
seem
centered on individual choice, the receptive, scripted nature of each
show’s nal segment--”Jen, will you accept this Rose?”--points to the
gender and sexual conventions in dating.
If the components of your argument can be rearranged without changing the thesis, your thesis has
a problem. If your thesis makes sense using phrases like “although” and “despite” you’ve got built in
debatability and direction. It’s also great idea to avoid the expose E! Celebrity News tone of the rst
example.
Dr. Emily Russell