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Exercise 5. Selecting Thesis Statements

Exercise I. Identifying Parts of Common Types of Paragraphs | Exercise 2. Using Logical Connectors | Exercise 3. Identifying Irrelevant or Off-Topic Sentences | Table I. Coordination | Exercise 3. Inserting Correlative Conjunctions | Sentence Combining | How to Be a Good Surgeon | Limiting a Topic | Exercise I. Comparing Topics | Writing the Thesis Statement |


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A topic, a statement of purpose, and two thesis statements are given. Select the thesis statement that best reflects the purpose for writing.

1. Topic: Sports

Purpose: To explain why walking is good for people.

Thesis: (a) Walking has many benefits, both physical an emotional.

(b) Walking is a popular sport that everyone can enjoy.

2. Topic: Music

Purpose: To show why the Santa Fe Opera has such a good reputation.

Thesis: (a) The opera house in Santa Fe is the most beautiful building I have ever seen.

(b) The Santa Fe Opera, which attracts young singers and the best musicians and

directors, deserves its excellent reputation.

3. Topic: Transportation

Purpose: To show why we should use more bicycles for city travel.

Thesis: (a) Bicycles are the most dangerous vehicles to ride on heavily traveled highways.

(b) Using bicycles instead of cars in cities would help solve the problem of pollution and over­crowded highways.

4. Topic: Aging

Purpose: To show the problems of retired citizens in the U.S.

Thesis: (a) When people retire, they often become inactive mentally and physically, have financial problems, and are lonely,

(b) Retired citizens don't have very interesting lives.

5. Topic: Pets

Purpose: To show that dogs are better than cats as pets.

Thesis: (a) Every intelligent person knows that the best pet in the world is a dog.

(b) Dogs make better pets than cats because they are smarter, more affectionate, and more helpful to their owners.


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