Thesis Statement Analysis

Thesis statements are very important in every paper because they tell readers the main idea of the paper and it is located near the end of the first paragraph. It is important that the thesis in the beginning of the paper is strong because the statement needs to keep readers interested and engaged to read the whole paper. Thesis statements are vital to position based papers because the thesis is the intellectual position taken that is being taken in the essay. If the statement is unclear in the beginning the reader will not know which side of the argument to take.

Tanisha did plagiarize. The definition of plagiarizing is taking someone else's work or ideas and claiming them as your own. Even though Tanisha changed some of the words, the information she wrote did not come from her own brain so she needs to give credit to wherever she got that information.

Writers should avoid the use of second person in a paper because it weakens the writing and in academic papers the reader should not be directly addressed. When composing a research paper, it is critical to avoid the use of first person because the paper should be all facts and the paper should not contain the authors opinion.

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In spite of the fact my thesis was strong, there was a comma splice so it needed restructured. My paper also lacked strong transitions that would help keep readers engaged in the reading. Another error in my research paper was the use of second person. Second person should only be used in research papers if it is in the form of a question which is also a good way to keep readers engaged. The last mistake that occurred several times in my paper was the format of in text citations. The in-text citation should match the first words of the corresponding works cited page. When I could not find an author for a website I used the title of the article instead however, that is