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Thesis statement for college writing

Thesis statement for college writing

Q For this Discussion, you will be working with other students to develop a thesis statement for our upcoming essay. Your assignment is to choose one of the prompts from our essay (click here to view prompt: Freakonomics Prompt final.docx ) and write a thesis statement for that prompt. You are not committed to this prompt; you can change topics later if you choose to do so.

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“Juxtaposition - almost like that in a fictional work - is central to the writing of Freakonomics. Dubner and Levitt often choose two groups - sumo wrestlers and school teachers, a crack-gang and McDonald's - who are connected by some unseen trend or attribute”. I believe juxtaposition is one of the constant attributes of the Freakonomics book and this characteristic feature makes the claims of the authors more precise and stable. Juxtapositions between teachers and sumo wrestlers or crack gangs and real estate agents committing white collar crimes have worked as relevant examples, which help the reader to successfully contemplate the main resort of the book.