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ISI4E3-English for Academic Writing Purposes

Thesis Statement

Department of Information System

School of Industrial Engineering
Telkom University
Course Learning Outcomes - CLOs
CLO 01
use simple and compound
sentences in present and past
tenses, present continuous, and
present perfect tense to present
some interesting facts about
skills and abilities in the form of
a short paragraph with
“intermediate mid” fluency
level.
CLO 02
use simple, compound, and complex
sentences in present tense, present
continuous tense, and present perfect
tense to present interesting facts
about the roles of information system
in our lives today in the form of a
short paragraph with “intermediate-
high” fluency level.
CLO 03
state their opinions with relevant
and interesting proofs related to
their innovative technology
creations in the form of 3-5
paragraph essay using present
tense, present continuous tense,
present perfect tense, and past tense
with “low-advanced” fluency level.
Essay Writing Processes

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Thesis Statement
What is it?

 A sentence that expresses the main

idea of your essay.
 Generally, it is located near the end
of an introductory paragraph.
 It makes a promise of how you
present the scope, the purpose, and
the direction of your essay.
Types of Thesis Statement

Informative: inform
Gives your readers facts or information

Persuasive: persuade
Provides sound reasons to your readers
to believe or do something
Informative vs. Persuasive
Fact vs. Opinion

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Informative or Persuasive Statement?
Informative vs. Persuasive

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Informative vs. Persuasive
Informative
Statements

Persuasive
Statements

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 Persuasive Statements
1. Belize is an excellent place to retire.
2. Frog and Toad is a supportive,
encouraging children’s book. Evaluative or
3. Students who excel in math, science, judgmental words
and people skills should consider a
career in nursing.
Informative or Persuasive
Thesis Statement?
 Essay Topic:
An invention that will completely transform
Indonesian society

We believe that our invention will completely

transform Indonesian society
 Informative or Persuasive

The invention of the traffic light significantly improved automobile

travel by managing traffic effectively and creating a safer driving
environment.

Automatic traffic light control is better than manual operation by a

police officer in terms of improving the operation of congested
signalized intersections and controlling how long traffic signals
should be for traffic improvement.
 Persuasive Thesis Statement

Automatic traffic light control is better than manual operation by

a police officer in terms of improving the operation of congested
signalized intersections and controlling how long traffic signals
should be for traffic improvement.

Evaluative or
judgmental word
 Thesis Statement
Parts of persuasive thesis
statements are:

1.Limited subject or specific topic

2.Precise opinion (evaluative or judgmental
words)
3.Blueprint of reasons (indicates the number of
body paragraphs)
 Persuasive Thesis Statement
Automatic traffic light control is better than manual operation by
a police officer in terms of improving the operation of congested
signalized intersections and controlling how long traffic signals
should be for traffic improvement.

Specific topic: automatic traffic light control

Precise opinion: better

Blueprint of reasons:
•improving the operation of congested signalized intersections
•controlling how long traffic signals should be for traffic improvement
 Brainstorming:
Proposed Solution to the Problem

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 Persuasive Thesis Statement
i-Tel-U is the best solution to bridge the digital divide in Indonesia for the
reasons of its abilities in assisting children’s understanding in digital content,
upgrading children’s absorption in digital information, and involving parents’
participation to educate internet literacy to their children.

Specific topic: i-Tel-U

Precise opinion: the best solution

Blueprint of reasons:
•assisting children’s understanding in digital content
•upgrading children’s absorption in digital information
•involving parents’ participation to educate internet literacy to their children
 Group Task

What to do:
1.Choose a specific topic based on the essay topic.
2.Choose evaluative or judgmental word (s) to state your
precise opinion.
3.Choose the facts for the blueprint of reasons that will indicate
the number of body paragraphs.
… (your specific topic: your invention) is
… (your precise opinion) to … (action) …
(the global issue in Indonesia) because …
(the blueprint of reasons)
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