thesis
(noun)
A concise summary of the argument or main points, usually one to three sentences long.
Examples of thesis in the following topics:
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Defining the Thesis
- Your thesis statement should clearly articulate the purpose and main points of your speech.
- Your thesis statement should clearly articulate the purpose and main points of your speech.
- Think of the thesis as the rocket that will guide the spaceship, that is your speech .
- Defining a thesis is essentially constructing the structural outline of your speech.
- A well-defined thesis is your core thrust and should guide the trajectory of your speech like a well-made rocket.
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Developing Your Thesis
- All speeches must have a point or a main argument – a thesis.
- You take the position that the egg came first as your thesis statement.
- As invested as you might be in your thesis, don't forget to consider the opposition.
- It is important to remember that your thesis statement only addresses one main issue; the ways in which you choose to support your thesis add complexity and depth to your speech.
- Illustrate the best approach for developing a thesis for a speech
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Introducing the Topic, Thesis, and Main Points
- Provide an overview of your topic, thesis, and main points early on to show your listeners why they should be interested in your speech.
- Public speakers should introduce a topic and state a thesis (or purpose) as soon as possible.
- Make your initial thesis statement (or the statement of purpose in an informative speech) short and sweet.
- Remember: the thesis statement should summarize your argument in one to three sentences.
- Identify your topic, thesis, and main points early in your speech
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Organizing and Outlining the Speech
- Arrange your speech – your thesis, additional points, and supporting evidence – in a way that will make sense to your audience.
- Think of your thesis like a machine.
- Sometimes it is helpful to break up your thesis into each of these smaller parts, to make the information more easily digestible for your audience.
- Building on the idea of your thesis as machine, you may present your overall, broad idea, then break it down into smaller, logical steps to reach that big idea.
- Introduction and Thesis: Brief description of issues that arise when reading "Hamlet"
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General Purpose
- Examine the general purpose of why you're speaking; every idea in your speech should connect to that purpose to reinforce your thesis.
- As the speaker begins to refine the thesis and create supporting arguments, the pyramid gets narrower and narrower as he or she drives the point home.
- As he or she further hones the purpose and thesis, the speech might trickle down into instruction about why it is important to specify one's privacy settings.
- Whatever the purpose of the speech, before diving into the specifics of the thesis, the speaker must make sure to take a step back to examine the broad, general purpose of why he or she is speaking.
- The widest part is the topic; as the speaker refines and hones his or her purpose into a thesis and supporting arguments, he or she narrows the speech down.
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Supporting Your Ideas
- Use a variety of ways to support the ideas and claims that you make with your thesis statement to give your speech depth and dynamics.
- Once you have solidified your position in your thesis statement, you want to back up your thesis with a variety of supporting ideas and examples.
- As you notice commonalties between audience members, the audience and your topic, and you and your audience, appeal to those commonalities to not only establish rapport but also to more easily persuade them to your thesis and claims.
- You might have a particularly complex subject or thesis.
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Critical Thinking
- Constructing your speech with an effective thesis or main point and evidence to support that thesis requires you as the speechwriter to use critical thinking to determine how you'll make those points.
- As you pinpoint your thesis and main points, you'll begin to outline exactly how you plan to support your argument.
- Have you considered all the possible ways to present your main thesis and all the possible evidence you could include?
- Consider your thesis from opposing points of view.
- Now that you know all the possible angles from which others can approach your line of reasoning, now it's time to select the best evidence to support your thesis.
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Scoping Your Speech
- The key word here is relevance; the speech should not go in so many different directions that none of those directions relate to the original purpose and thesis of the speech.
- Everything included then must be relevant to your purpose and thesis.
- Every piece of information in a speech should be relevant to the topic, purpose and thesis.
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Persuasive Speeches on Questions of Fact
- Thesis: When developing a persuasive speech, begin with a thesis that states that something is true, meaning that it happened or did not happen. exists or does not exist.
- The speaker proves the position by presenting compelling evidence to support the thesis.
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The Role of the Introduction
- An introduction can accomplish this by fulfilling five important responsibilities: get the audience's attention, introduce the topic, explain its relevance to the audience, state a thesis or purpose, and outline the main points.
- If you are giving a persuasive speech, state your thesis in the introduction.