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Name of the
Project:
Writing a Thesis Statement
You are to finish your thesis statement in this exercise. To do this you must decide on methodology & types of analysis. 1. Pick 2 or three topics: write them down ( Should already be done ) 2. Write two thesis statements Your thesis should have a. A topic ( Should already be done ) b. A specification (narrowing) of the topic ( Should already be done ) c. At least 4 types of analysis ( This is to be done in this assignment ) Run-on or long winded statements are OK. |
This paper examines (topic) ________________________________________________________________________________________ This paper examines (narrowing to a subtopic or field)
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by examining ( list types of analysis & qualifiers) (1. Narrative) the activities of ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(2. Description) the activities of ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(3. Socio-historical analysis ) the social history of (specify the historical periods you will examine): ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(4. Comparisons ) comparing _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ to / with / and _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(5. SWOT) the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of __________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(6. Cause & effect) the social factors which contributing to / leading to/ enhancing/ ________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ which impact/ have the effect of / contribute to _________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(7. Critique) by critically assessing the _________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(8. Social analysis ) Functionalism / Conflict theory / Symbolic-Interactionism / a theorist (Marx, Parsons, etc.); a concept (the social structure of/ the culture of, etc. ) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
(9. Future Orientation ) the effects of __________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ in the future / for the next generation / in the next 10 years / etc.
(10. Social Policy) and will offer solutions to the social problems / issues by examining _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Then re-write as several sentences, or a run-on sentence, smoothing out the grammar and form. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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The End