CITING THIS TUTORIAL (APA)
Tagg, J. (2000, June). The thesis statement. Retrieved on MM/DD/YY from the World Wide Web: http://daphne.palomar.edu/tutor/thesis.htm
This tutorial is designed for students in any transfer-level composition course to use while developing a thesis statement for an essay.
SUGGESTIONS FOR USE
The student should read the text of The Thesis Statement and The Active Voice and complete the interactive exercise on The Active Voice. Then, referring to the text to resolve questions, the student should complete the interactive form: Developing Your Thesis Statement. The student may then take the printout from the confirmation page to a tutor, instructor, or peer to confirm the results and seek advice on further revision and development.
ACCESSIBILITY
The tutorial has been reviewed using the Bobby v3.1 resources at the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) at <http://www.cast.org>. As of 7 June 2000, it meets Bobby Level 1 requirements for accessibility.
RESOURCES
No links to external sources are used in this tutorial.
PERMISSIONS
All contents of this site were developed by John Tagg or were found in public domain. 10 April 2000.
SPONSORS AND CONTACT INFORMATION
This tutorial was produced for the On-line Tutorial Assistance Project under a Telecommunications Model Application Pilot Project Grant of the Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges. The grant was locally sponsored by the North County Higher Education Alliance and led by Palomar and MiraCosta community colleges. Project Director, Joan
Gipson-Fredin
<jgipsonfredin@mcc.miracosta.cc.ca.us>.
"The Thesis Statement" by John Tagg, Palomar College. Created 10 February
1999. Updated 07 June 2000.
Comments to the author: John Tagg <jtagg@palomar.edu>.
© Copyright 1999-2000 State of California
This page was last edited: 06/07/00