Develop an original thesis statement (or claim) about your topic. Each of you will write and submit your own thesis proof, but you could, of course, collaborate with your classmate to develop ideas or approaches.
Sample topic: The Future
Thesis statement: The uncertain future facing characters in two works by Hemingway and Fitzgerald mirrors American uncertainty in the early 20th century.
Support your thesis with at least three pieces of evidence in the form of quoted passages or lines. Find these passages in one or more of the assigned readings for Weeks Five through Seven. The readings include works by Glaspell, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Frost, Faulkner, Stevens, and Hurston.
Add brief analysis sections linking each piece of evidence to your central thesis statement. Also add a conclusion evaluating the literature’s perspective on this topic and how this topic relates to us in 2019.
Show me what I don’t already know, which are your thoughts about how the work reflects your thesis statement. Summarize less, analyze more.
Follow the format set out on the previous Thesis Proof handout guide. Be mindful of the revision suggestions I’d made on your earlier proof. Identify quotations with MLA, in-text citations.