How To Write Thesis Statement
Features of the analytical genre
1.Never use personal pronouns! (I, me, my, we, us, our, you, etc.)
2.No rhetorical questions
3.Do not use figurative language yourself
4.No contractions (don't = do not)
5.Events in novel are written in present tense ("Falk goes to Gretchen's)
1.切勿使用人称代词！ （我，我，我的，我们，我们，我们的，你等）
2.没有反问
3.不要自己使用比喻语言
4.无缩写
5.小说中的事件是用现在时写的
Structure of an analytical essay
Purpose of analytical essay
1. The entire purpose of an analytical essay is to respond (answer) to an essay-question analysing evidence to support/justify your response.
2. In order to respond (answer) the essay question, you must create your thesis statement
3. Your thesis statement is your response to the question-It is the purpose of your essay-It will dictate what you write in your body paragraphs.
1. 分析论文的全部目的是回应一个分析证据的论文问题，以支持/证明你的回答。
2. 为了回答论文问题，你必须创建论文陈述。
3.你的论文陈述是你对问题的回应——这是你论文的目的——它将决定你在正文段落中写什么。
Thesis Statements
1. A thesis is a direct response to the essay question.
2. It will answer the question, say how that answer will be proven, and explain why the author made such choices.
3. It must contain those three elements: answer+how+why.
4. It will be 1-2 sentences long.
5. It goes in the middle of your introduction.
6. You will formulate your body paragraph topics and evidence ONLY ONCE you have created your thesis statement.
1. 论文是对论文问题的直接回答。
2. 它将回答问题，说明如何证明该答案，并解释作者为何做出这样的选择。
3.它必须包含这三个要素：答案+如何+为什么。
4. 1-2 句话。
5. 它出现在你介绍的中间。
6. 只有在您创建了论文陈述之后，您才能制定您的正文段落主题和证据。
Steps
Example
Question: To what extent does the literary form of Macbeth reflect themes of violence and guilt?
问题：麦克白的文学形式在多大程度上反映了暴力和罪恶的主题？
Use the steps above to get the answer:
Step 1
Break down the question—highlight or underline key words or phrases—and then unpack them.
分解问题——突出显示或下划线关键词或短语——然后解开它们。
Step 2
Decide on your answer— a tip is to rephrase the essay question as a statement
决定你的答案——提示是将论文问题重新表述为陈述
This is your 'answer' to the essay question—it is what you will set out to prove in the body of your essay.
Step 3
Think back to the text—and decide how you will prove your answer.
回想一下课文——并决定你将如何证明你的答案。
Step 4
Put 'step 3' into a succinct phrase
将“第 3 步”变成一个简洁的短语
Step 5
Go back to the 'answer' and 'how' and decide why the author has chosen to create the text in this way—what is
the message for the audience?
回到“答案”和“如何”并决定为什么作者选择以这种方式创作文本——对观众来说是什么信息？
Step 6
Put it all together!
把它们都放在一起！
Answer+How+Why
To a significant extent the literary structure of Macbeth reinforces messages surrounding ambition and guilt,
evident in the sequencing of the soliloquies and their revelations about Macbeth and his Lady.Consequently,
Shakespeare's literary form reveals that the desire for more leads to the loss of what one has already.
Planning Body Paragraph
1. Now, before you start writing—you should plan your body paragraph topics
2. This should be easy enough, because in your thesis statement you have already outlined HOW you are
going to prove your claim.
3. All you need to do is find moments in the text that connect to the HOW
4. Keep in mind, you will have 2-3 body paragraphs—and ideally 2 pieces of evidence per paragraph
5. In one paragraph, this evidence can come from the same or different scenes
Organise that evidence into paragraphs:
Paragraph 1: Too much ambition
•Evidence 1—evidence should link to soliloquies and ordering of those soliloquies
•Evidence 2—evidence should link to soliloquies and ordering of those soliloquies
Paragraph 2: The guilt that tortures
•Evidence 1
•Evidence 2
Paragraph 3: The loss of everything
•Evidence 1
•Evidence 2
