Thesis Statements
• Look again at your THESIS STATEMENT crib sheets
if you need to.
• Does your thesis statement follow this
structure?
• Have you included ALL elements the prompt
requires?
• Your thesis statement should be specific, but
without including any of your “proof” or
“support.”
• For now, your opening paragraph in a timed write
should be only the thesis statement.
Thesis Statement
“Birthday Party”
First attempt: In Katherine Brushes short story
“Birthday Party,” written in 1946 the writer used
diction to show what a bad marriage looks like.
Revised: In her 1946 short story, “Birthday
Party,” Katharine Brush uses punishing
polysyndeton and mocking adjectives to deliver a
scathing satire on marriage.