INSTRUCTIONS AND GUIDE HOW TO MAKE A THESIS ESSAY

SAMPLE ARTICLE LINK: Do You Learn More From Failure Or Success?

(forbes.com)

Introduction

Introduction begins with a strong statement to engage the

readers. Introduction continues with an introduction of the essay’s topic.
Introduction then integrates details of the source including author,
publication, title, and date. Introduction ends with a controlling purpose
statement that will guide the essay also referred to as the thesis
statement

Example

Did you know that 80% of new businesses fail (Templeman,2014)? 

Success and failure are often linked together. In order to succeed,
people often fail at first. Many people look at failure as a learning
experience and neglect the fact that failure can be painful instead. It’s
almost to the point that people desire failure more than success! 
Pierson Krass in his article, “Do You Learn More From Failure or
Success?” (2018) raises the argument that failure isn’t the only source of
learning. His argument discusses ways in which success and failure can
be both good learning experiences.
Krass’ argument is flawed due to lack of credibility, accuracy, and
relevance.

The role of an essay’s body paragraphs is to provide support to the

controlling purpose or thesis statement of the essay. These paragraphs
should be focused and unified; it’s also important to avoid repetition or
overlap between paragraphs.

Topic sentence: Each body paragraph should contain a topic sentence

that states the focus for that particular paragraph. This topic sentence is
normally placed at the start of the paragraph so that the reader clearly
knows the intent of the paragraph’s content before reading further.
SUMMARY

Summarizing means shortening and restating the source’s main

idea/meaning in our own words.

Your reader’s purpose is to understand the main ideas of the source

without having seen it or read it. 

It’s important that a summary stays true to the content of the original,
avoids the opinion of the summary writer, and acknowledges the
original source appropriately.

HOW TO WRITE A SUMMARY

Include the following:

Context (title, date, author, location, surrounding information find in the

article)

Main idea (Author's position/ thesis)

Support (supporting details that support the main idea). 

Other details: 

Use present tense when writing summaries.

Titles of books and reports are italicized or underlined; titles of articles

and chapters are in quotation marks.

The main verb in the first sentence should reflect what the author does
in the essay (for example, the author argues, describes, informs, etc.)

The first time you mention the author, use their full name. After that,
use only their family name.

Do not comment on the essay. Present their ideas as objectively as you

can in your own words.
Sample Summary

Here is a summary based on “Do You Learn More From Failure or

Success”

In “Do You Learn More From Failure or Success”, Pierson Krass (2018)
discusses the value of failing forward in business, which is the idea that
you must experience failure before you can have success. The idea has
become popular in business, where some see early failure as a mark of
pride. Krass talks to Greg Fairbrothers, who thinks that success is usually
due to luck, so you can learn more from your mistakes. Fairbrothers also
believes you need to collect your good and bad experiences into a
“emotions library” that you can draw on in future business ventures.
Krass also speaks with Jason Shuman, who talks about the limiting
emotional and psychological issues that come with failure. Ultimately,
Krass decides that you can learn from mistakes, but it is better to put
yourself in a good position for small successes.

CONCLUSION

An essay’s conclusion should provide the reader with a sense of closure.

Writers often restate the thesis or controlling purpose statement, sum
up the essay’s main points, and leave the reader with some insightful
thought.

Take a look at a sample conclusion based off of Krass’ article.  As you

read this sample, you’ll see how this conclusion revisits the essay’s main
points, sums up the writer’s perspective, and ends by leaving the reader
with a new thought or insight to consider.

Conclusion begins by revisiting the essay’s main points. Conclusion

moves on to sum up the writer’s perspective. Conclusion ends by leaving
the reader with a new thought or insight to consider.

Example
 While Krass has made some salient points on the topic of success
and failure, there are some gaps that leave the reader questioning his
claim. The question of whether the general population learns more from
success or failure has been left unanswered. This is a topic that has
potential. Using credible and accurate examples as well as current
anecdotes could have strengthened his paper. It would have been
interesting to see the use of global examples and rhetorical questions
that allowed the reader to reflect on their own experiences of success
and failure.