Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,*,Thesis Types,General Characteristics for All Types,States Topic(What you will discuss),States Assertion(Where you stand),Other names for include:slant,bias,attitude,point-of-view,Example:Since 1971,entering college students,(topic),have changed markedly.,(assertion),Open Thesis Statement,Characteristics,States Topic,States Assertion,Does not“map out discussion,only points in a general direction,Example:Drunken Driving harms all Americans greatly.,Essay Characteristics of Open Thesis,Informal Language,Short Length,Conversational Tone,Simple,not technical or complicated Content,Categorical Thesis Statement,Characteristics,States Topic,States Assertion,Does“map out discussion explicitly,telling the reader exactly what the essay will discuss,Example:In America,Drunken Driving causes adverse governmental,economic,and psychological effects.,Essay Characteristics of Categorical Thesis,Formal Language,Long Length,Academic/Highly Professional Tone,Complex,having Technical or Complicated Content,Argumentative Thesis Statement,Characteristics,States Topic,States Assertion,States the oppositions point-of-view,usually in a dependent clause starting with contrast words such as“although,“despite,“though,“even though.,Does“map out discussion explicitly,telling the reader exactly what the essay will discuss,Example:Even though we have a right to get drunk in America,drunken driving causes adverse governmental,economic,and psychological effects.,Essay Characteristics of Argumentative Thesis,Highly Formal Language,Very Long Length,Highly Academic/Legalistic Professional Tone,Exceeding Complex,having Highly Technical,Highly Legal or Very Complicated Content,Mixed Thesis Statement,Characteristics,States Topic,States Assertion,Usually adds either a contrasting idea(like the argumentative)or a“reason idea that starts with words such as“because or“since.,Does not fully“map out discussion as the categorical thesis statement does,but does point out the direction more specifically than the open thesis does,Examples:(1)Although Americans have a right to drink,drunken driving harms all Americans greatly;(2)Because drinking and driving damages Americas culture,we must stop drinking and driving.,Essay Characteristics of Mixed Thesis,Informal Language,but not as informal as open,Longer Length than open,Not a Formal Tone,but less“familiar,than open thesis tone,More complex content than open,less complex than categorical or argumentative,