Writing a thesis statement

• A thesis is a sentence that gives your opinion on a story and explains the ways used to prove it.
• It encourages the reader to ask questions like "How?" or Why?"
• The language used is specific. For example, there are no «it seems».
• The thesis is also specific. It has to captivate the reader's interest with a clear and strong subject.
• It should not use the first person. No «I».
• It is located usually at the end of the introduction.
• The thesis is not stated as a question.
• It's important to do research to have a good and strong thesis.
• It's written in 1 sentence and is not a fact. It is an opinion.
• It should be controversial and/or provocative.
• We must be able to defend the text through the text or outside the text * through the biography).

Thesis statement for Poe's «Tell-tale heart»

Ex 1: Edgar Allan Poe recognized himself in the narrrator.

- Paint a portrait of the narrator (use the text).

-Paint the portrait of the author ( research).

- Related to the character.

Ex 2: Poe uses the «vulture eye» as the main symbol in the story.

- Show eye = paranoia