Work through the list without notes. If you cannot do a statement, follow its link, then come back. Guide = study guide; Practice = practice questions.
Understanding
- I can explain how a thesis may preview the line of reasoning of an argument. (Guide: “What a thesis already tells the reader”; Practice question 2)
- I can explain why a preview does not have to list points, aspects or evidence. (Guide: “What a thesis already tells the reader”; Practice question 5)
- I can tell a preview from an announcement and from a bare list. (Guide: “Preview, announcement and list”; Practice question 3)
- I can list the ways a thesis can signal structure (reasons, progression, concession). (Guide: “How a preview signals structure”; Practice question 4)
Skills
- I can identify the thesis in a text and say what it indicates about the structure. (Guide: Worked example 2; Practice question 1)
- I can build a previewing thesis from a line-of-reasoning plan. (Guide: Worked example 1; Practice question 6)
- I can write a thesis for a rhetorical analysis that previews strategy and effect. (Guide: “Weak, better and strong theses for an analysis”; Practice question 7)
- I can revise a weak thesis into one that previews reasoning. (Guide: Worked example 1; Practice question 4)
Reasoning
- I can check whether the body of an argument delivers what the thesis previews. (Guide: Worked example 2, Step 3; Practice question 1)
- I can decide how much preview a given essay needs and justify it. (Guide: “What a thesis already tells the reader”; Practice question 8)
- I can explain why a list of devices is not a thesis. (Guide: “Weak, better and strong theses for an analysis”; Practice question 7)
- I can revise the thesis or the body when they disagree. (Guide: “Common misconceptions”; Practice question 8)