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Student Name______________________________________________Date_____________Period_____Writing a ThesisUse this format to create a thesis below. Outlined on the following page is a step-by-step process of creating a compound-complex thesis.Simple SentenceThe mystery confrontsAdd an adjective and adverbThe haunting mystery starkly confronts.Add a prepositional phraseIn the novel, Frankenstein, the haunting mystery starkly confronts throughout the novel.Add an appositive phraseIn the novel, Frankenstein, the haunting mystery, the murders of William and Justine, starkly confronts throughout the novel.Add a subordinate clauseIn the novel, Frankenstein, the haunting mystery, the murders of William and Justine, starkly confronts throughout the novel whether the subjective truth could have two sides to the story.Add a triad of absolute phrasesIn the novel, Frankenstein, the haunting mystery, the murders of William and Justine, starkly confronts throughout the novel whether the subjective truth could have two sides to the story: the Creature’s personal emotional trauma of being outcasted by his creator and other people and Victor’s own mindless point of view of what he considers to be a barbarous animal and the effects of Victor’s opinion upon society’s view of the murders.An example is provided on the next pleting a ThesisFind an article, subject and verb from your prompt.The argument made.Next, add adjectives and adverbs.The central argument poignantly made.Next, add prepositional phrases.In “The Allegory of the Cave,” the central argument is poignantly made throughout the passage.Add an appositive clause.Appositive clause.In “The Allegory of the Cave,” the central argument, man has always lived in a cave, is poignantly made throughout the passage.Add a subordinate clause.Subordinate clause.In “The Allegory of the Cave,” the central argument, man has always lived in a cave, is poignantly made throughout the passage as a statement that man has been limited in his way of being educated.Add a triad of absolute phrases (this is your basic analysis or elaboration) - In “The Allegory of the Cave, the central argument, man has always lived in a cave, is poignantly made throughout the passage as Socrates states “human beings living in an underground den . . . from their childhood, [having] their legs and necks chained” learning from puppets displayed on a wall makes the point that men are taught to be ignorant and when man breaks free from his chains; he escapes his cave and enters into the outside world into the “sunlight” only then can he understand his gain of a new found understanding and perspective of learning, tearing away from the shadow of ignorance.DO NOT REMOVE FROM CLASSROOM!ArticleThea/anSubjectThe subject of the sentence is that part about which something is being said.Examples:Faculty and students planned a new class schedule.At the end of the day comes our activity period.These two main parts may consist of single words or many words.VerbA verb is a word that expresses action or otherwise helps to make a statement.All verbs help to make a statement. Some help to make a statement by expressing an action.AdjectivesAn adjective is a word used to modify a noun or a pronoun. To modify means “to limit,” or to make more definite the meaning of a word. Adjectives may modify nouns or pronouns in any one of three different ways.Examples:By telling, what kind:Blue eyes, large city, strong windBy point out which one:This man, that suggestionBy telling how many:Several reasons, ten playersAdverbsAn adverb is a word used to modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. The adverb is used most commonly as the modifier of a verb. It may tell how, when, where, or to what extent (how often or how much) the action of the verb is done.Examples:He is an unusually good driver. [Unusually modifies the adjective good, telling how good or to what extent he is good at driving.The Prepositional PhraseA prepositional phrase is a group of words usually beginning with a preposition and usually ending with a noun or a pronoun.For Peg and youin the classroomAfter the examto bedCommonly Used Prepositionsaboutaboveacrossafteragainstalongamidamongaroundatbeforebehindbelowbeneathbesidebesidesbetweenbeyondbut (meaning “except”)byconcerningdownduringexceptforfrominintolikeofoffonoverpastsincethroughthroughouttotowardunderunderneathuntiluntoupuponwithwithinwithoutA group of words may act as a prepositional:on account ofin spite ofAppositive PhrasesAn appositive is a word placed after another word to explain or identify it. The appositive always appears after the word it explains or identifies. It is always a noun or a pronoun, and the word it explains is also a noun or pronoun. Examples: My uncle, a lawyer, is visiting us. My teacher, Miss Marshall, is very strict. Our house, a brick bungalow, is on Oak Street.An appositive phrase consists of the appositive and its modifiers which may themselves be phrases. Examples:My radio, an old portable, is in the repair shop. The boys climbed the mountain, one of the highest in the West. Subordinate ClausesSubordinate clauses, which cannot stand alone as sentences, are used as nouns or modifiers in the same way as single words and phrases. A subordinate clause is always combined in some way with an independent clause.Subordinate clauses are sometimes are called dependent mon subordinating conjunctionsAfterAlthoughAsAs ifAs long asAs thoughBecause BeforeIfIn order thatProvided thatSinceSo thatThanThoughUnlessUntil WhenWheneverWhereWhereverWhetherWhileTriad of Absolute PhrasesAn absolute phrase is composed of a noun plus an adjective or a participle, plus any modifiers that describe the noun or adjective. An absolute phrase is really a tool of concision, allowing the writer to embed full thought into a phrase that is almost a clause. Basically, to make the absolute phrase, the writer just removes a “to be” verb from the clause.Absolute phrases expand the meaning of a noun or a noun phrase.Absolute phrases provide descriptive details or express causes or conditions.Examples:The baby duck ran toward its mother, its tiny wings outstretched, its little voice peeping urgently, its orange feet pattering through the muddy grass.The baby duck, its tiny wings outstretched, its little voice peeping urgently, its orange feet pattering through the muddy grass, ran toward its mother.Note: a subordinate clause is a group of words that has both a subject and a verb, but it begins with a subordinating conjunction like “because,” “although,” or “since,” and so it cannot stand alone as a sentence.Because Alex is a good writer, he writes vividly about his experiences.Although Poindexter broke his glasses, he was still able to complete the test.Although the elephant had lost its tooth, it still ate Albert.Insert a comma after two or more consecutive prepositional phrases.In the castle of the monster with the enormous shoes, a beautiful goldfish wept bitterly.Insert a comma after an introductory participial phrase.Shivering with anticipation, Poindexter entered the palace of video games.Insert a comma after a long introductory element of any kind!Bibliography Hodges Harbrace Handbook: Seventeenth Edition, 2010.Warriner’s English Grammar and Composition: Completed Course: Revised Edition. 1965.TEKS:13AE, 15A(iii, Vii), 15C(i), 16A, 23BExample of a ThesisStep 1: Simple SentenceThe theory identifies.Step 2: Add an adjective and adverbThe literary theory universally identifies.Step 3: Add a prepositional phraseDuring the medieval times, the literary theory universally identifies into the legends of men that existed.Step 4: Add an appositive phraseDuring the medieval times, the literary theory, immortality of warrior and hero, universally identifies into the legends of men that existed.Step 5: Add a subordinate clauseDuring the medieval times, the literary theory, immortality of warrior and hero, universally identifies into the legends of men that existed whether or not they lived up to the expectations of virtues and new found knowledge.Step 6: Add a triad of absolute phrasesDuring the medieval times, the literary theory, immortality of warrior and hero, universally identifies into the legends of men that existed whether or not they lived up to the expectations of virtues and new found knowledge of self-discovery, obstacles, and self-awareness which can be seen in the quests of literary heroes such as Odysseus, Beowulf and Gilgamesh who were symbolic of the time period that displayed the expectations of what true men should display.Step 7: Underline what each body paragraph will be.During the medieval times, the literary theory, immortality of warrior and hero, universally identifies into the (BP #1) legends of men that existed whether or not they lived up to the expectations of virtues and new found knowledge of self-discovery, obstacles, and self-awareness which can be seen in the quests of (BP #2) literary heroes such as Odysseus, Beowulf and Gilgamesh who were symbolic of the time period that displayed (BP #3) the expectations of what true men should display.BP #1 Topic Sentence: Men during the medieval times found that the living up to the expectations of what a true immortal or hero displayed in literature was a newfound knowledge and self-awareness that men were not truly immortal but could live a life of true immortality through a list of performed heroic deeds.BP #2 Topic Sentence: Literary heroes, such as Odysseus, Beowulf, and Gilgamesh were symbolic of the immortal heroic warrior who seemed to constantly outperform other warriors, monsters and battles which prove the theory that a mortal man can live immortally simply with the mere existence of words.BP #3 Topic Sentence: Ironically, the expectations of man throughout the medieval times did not seem to deliver many heroes since the time period in itself was brutal. ................
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