There are three types of thesis statements that I know in which one should decide on before proceeding to express one’s main ideas before writing on; analytical thesis statements, expository thesis statements and argumentative thesis statements. The kind of thesis statements that one’s paper will have will depend on the purpose of one’s writing. For position paper then I am supposed to be applying the argumentative thesis statements and for research paper the analytical thesis statements. I have chosen “Sir Patrick Spence” for my position paper, which I have completed (quite late) while “Rhinoceros” and “RUR” for my research paper, which is still under construction. Hopefully I will be able to submit my research paper the latest next Tuesday.
“Sir Patrick Spence” by Anonymous was one of the poems being questioned in the final examination of paper EDU 3216 Teaching the Language of Poetry. Walking back memory lane, I remembered very well as we came out from the examination hall many of us were sighing of the questions set for this particular poem. Somehow or rather this poem managed to win my heart prior to the examination and it was a great relief for me that day.
I guess I am more of expository organisation when I wrote my position paper which I titled it “Sir Patrick Spence as a Tragic Hero”. It is based on my reading and analysing the character of Sir Patrick Spence a well-known sailor who was sent to sea at a very dangerous time of the year by his King. Anyway as argumentative thesis statement, I had made my claim very clear with reasons and evidences supporting it and carefully organised it in the order suitable to present my reasons and evidences.
Excluding BB1 2417 Public Speaking’s assignments (I numbered them assignment 16, 17, 18 and 19, which is on speech presentations and debate on 9 April 2005) the research paper will be the final assignment (assignment 15 of 19 assignments) I need to complete within this weekend. Anyway you can only predict things after they have happened. And at this point of moment anything can happen to my research paper for things can be unpredictable at times. Who knows I might be writing entirely different work of literature. Then I have every reason for the extensive reading, capitalising at a timely nudge.
Taking the advice of the experts:
As for my writing process, I generally follow the advice I give newer writers - try not to polish up front. You have worked yourself to death. Keep going, keep going. If it's poorly written, too bad. Keep going. When you have an end, you've got something whole. Then rewrite, rewrite. Polished incomplete things wear you out. -- Alice Childress
I enjoyed the time I was writing. It was a fun, creative time. No one expected anything from me. I wasn't being strategic in any way. I wasn't trying to set up myself as a writer. I wasn't trying to leverage into a new career. I just wanted to write for its own sake. -- Margaret Edson
“Sir Patrick Spence” by Anonymous was one of the poems being questioned in the final examination of paper EDU 3216 Teaching the Language of Poetry. Walking back memory lane, I remembered very well as we came out from the examination hall many of us were sighing of the questions set for this particular poem. Somehow or rather this poem managed to win my heart prior to the examination and it was a great relief for me that day.
I guess I am more of expository organisation when I wrote my position paper which I titled it “Sir Patrick Spence as a Tragic Hero”. It is based on my reading and analysing the character of Sir Patrick Spence a well-known sailor who was sent to sea at a very dangerous time of the year by his King. Anyway as argumentative thesis statement, I had made my claim very clear with reasons and evidences supporting it and carefully organised it in the order suitable to present my reasons and evidences.
Excluding BB1 2417 Public Speaking’s assignments (I numbered them assignment 16, 17, 18 and 19, which is on speech presentations and debate on 9 April 2005) the research paper will be the final assignment (assignment 15 of 19 assignments) I need to complete within this weekend. Anyway you can only predict things after they have happened. And at this point of moment anything can happen to my research paper for things can be unpredictable at times. Who knows I might be writing entirely different work of literature. Then I have every reason for the extensive reading, capitalising at a timely nudge.
Taking the advice of the experts:
As for my writing process, I generally follow the advice I give newer writers - try not to polish up front. You have worked yourself to death. Keep going, keep going. If it's poorly written, too bad. Keep going. When you have an end, you've got something whole. Then rewrite, rewrite. Polished incomplete things wear you out. -- Alice Childress
I enjoyed the time I was writing. It was a fun, creative time. No one expected anything from me. I wasn't being strategic in any way. I wasn't trying to set up myself as a writer. I wasn't trying to leverage into a new career. I just wanted to write for its own sake. -- Margaret Edson
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