College Composition / Unit 13 CMP 0302 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Topic and Claim
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The idea
A thesis has two parts: a topic, what the paper is about, and an angle, the writer's own take on that topic.
In practice
Choosing a topic, such as streaming services, is easy; the harder and more important part is the angle, what the writer claims about it.
Where people slip
A sentence that names only a topic is not yet a thesis.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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