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Exercise APA 1-2
Thesis statements in APA papers
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Click on the sentence that would work well as the thesis statement for a research paper from five to ten pages long. Remember that a thesis should be a central idea that requires supporting evidence; it should be of adequate scope for a five-to-ten-page paper; and it should be sharply focused.
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Correct. This statement makes an assertion about homeschooling that can be developed in a paper. The other statement is a statistic; it is too factual to be an effective thesis. For more help, see section APA-1.
Sorry. This statement is a statistic; it is too factual to be an effective thesis. The other statement makes an assertion about homeschooling that can be developed in a paper. For more help, see section APA-1.
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Correct. This statement makes an assertion about the child care industry that can be supported with evidence in a paper. The other statement is too vague to be an effective thesis. For more help, see section APA-1.
Sorry. This statement is too vague to be an effective thesis. The other statement makes an assertion about the child care industry that can be supported with evidence in a paper. For more help, see section APA-1.
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Correct. This statement takes a position on gambling revenues that can be argued in a paper. The other statement is too factual to be an effective thesis. For more help, see section APA-1.
Sorry. This statement is too factual to be an effective thesis. The other statement takes a position on gambling revenues that can be argued in a paper. For more help, see section APA-1.
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Correct. This statement makes an assertion about the validity of one particular theory, and this assertion can be argued in a paper. The other statement is too factual to be an effective thesis. For more help, see section APA-1.
Sorry. This statement is too factual to be an effective thesis. The other statement makes an assertion about the validity of one particular theory, and that assertion can be argued in a paper. For more help, see section APA-1.
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Correct. This statement makes a focused assertion that can be supported with evidence in a paper. It also suggests a counterargument that the writer can develop. For more help, see section APA-1.
Sorry. This statement contains several facts but does not provide an assertion that can be developed in a paper. For more help, see section APA-1.
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Correct. This statement makes a claim based on “recent evidence,” setting up a paper that can discuss this evidence and argue a position. The other sentence merely states a fact about what “most American parents” want and would not make an effective thesis. For more help, see section APA-1.
Sorry. This sentence merely states a fact about what “most American parents” want and would not make an effective thesis. The other statement makes a claim based on “recent evidence,” setting up a paper that can discuss this evidence and argue a position. For more help, see section APA-1.
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Correct. This statement is a call to action; it makes an assertion about suicide rates that can be argued in a paper. The other statement makes a claim that is too vague to be an effective thesis. For more help, see section APA-1.
Sorry. This statement makes a claim that is too vague to be an effective thesis. The other statement is a call to action; it makes an assertion about suicide rates among Native American youths that can be argued in a paper. For more help, see section APA-1.
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Correct. This statement makes a focused claim about standardized tests that can be supported with evidence in a paper. The other statement would not make an effective thesis because it lacks focus and assertiveness; it broadly summarizes two opposing viewpoints on NCLB without taking a stand on either one. For more help, see section APA-1.
Sorry. This statement would not make an effective thesis because it lacks focus and assertiveness; it broadly summarizes two opposing viewpoints on NCLB without taking a stand on either one. The other statement makes a focused claim about standardized tests that can be supported with evidence in a paper. For more help, see section APA-1.
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Correct. This statement makes an assertion about teacher salaries that can be supported with evidence in a paper. The other statement is too factual to be an effective thesis. For more help, see section APA-1.
Sorry. This statement is too factual to be an effective thesis. The other statement makes an assertion about teacher salaries that can be supported with evidence in a paper. For more help, see section APA-1.
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Correct. This statement is a call to action; it makes an assertion about the need for mental health care in military families that can be argued in a paper. The other statement makes a claim that is too factual to be an effective thesis. For more help, see section APA-1.
Sorry. This statement makes a claim that is too factual to be an effective thesis. The other statement is a call to action; it makes an assertion about the need for mental health care in military families that can be argued in a paper. For more help, see section APA-1.
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