ENVR 2810 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Thesis Statement, Persuasive Writing, Cognitive Load

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Environment
• Course: ENVR 2810
• Professor: Iacozza

Document Summary

Presents a fully developed argument and the evidence supporting it. Description and examples are there to support the argument. Has a formal thesis statement, the last sentence of the introduction should be the thesis. Statement (provides sufficient background that leads to the thesis include some description, should not be in the body, Aims to help the reader fully understand a subject. Often narrow in scope, lots of depth and concerned with details and explanation. Statement of principal argument of a topic, what the paper will show, argue, evaluate, exam, the main thing about the topic, the answer to your research discussion, must be arguable, must not be a well-accepted thesis statement. Because we want to inform readers of position from the beginning, it"s a claim. The more precise the statement is the more organized the writing will be. Single statement that outlines where your position lies on the topics. Body of the paper, experiments, social studies, reporting experiment and findings,