Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 12 AIL 1107 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Thesis
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The idea
A thesis is the central claim a piece of nonfiction sets out to establish. Finding it is the first move on any argumentative passage, because everything else in the extract is either supporting it, qualifying it, or answering an objection to it.
In practice
Find the central claim first.
Where people slip
Everything else serves it.
Your place on the trail
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