Week3：Thesis Statements

A thesis statement should present your argument in one or two sentences. A thesis generally has two parts: a statement of the topic, and an argument or position about that topic. 

The bold part of the sentence is the argument because it makes a specific claim about the topic. 

Academic writing is different from personal writing because it deals with the ideas and theories that are used in argument and research. In addition, it has a formal tone and observes rules of punctuation, spelling, and so forth rather strictly.

  Academic writing is organized with a formal structure that is used to present ideas. 

   It is important to use correct grammar and punctuation in all styles of writing, but academic writing tends to be more strict about it.