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Unit 3: Longer Fiction or Drama I
Quick questions on Thesis and line of reasoning - AP English Literature Unit 3
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What is a claim too narrow for a whole essay?Show answer
A thesis about one scene cannot organize an essay on the whole work. Make the claim broad enough to sustain a full argument.
What is no line of reasoning?Show answer
A claim with no implied path leaves the body paragraphs unstructured. Phrase the thesis so it signals the stages of the argument.
What is a thesis that cannot be argued?Show answer
If no reasonable reader could disagree, it is a description. Sharpen it into a defensible interpretation.
What is q1?Show answer
What two things must a literary argument thesis do? [Recall]
What is q2?Show answer
Turn this into a thesis with a line of reasoning: "The play is about a king who loses his power." [Short explanation]
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