It answers and explain what a thesis statement is. (And the many ways to start or end a thesis statement.)

1. Thesis
Statement

2. MOST ESSENTIAL LEARNING
COMPETENCIES (MELCs)
• States the thesis
statement of an academic
text

3. ACTIVITY 1: LET'S HAVE
FUN!
Direction: Suppose that you are joining
the pageant for Mr. & Ms EAPP 2022,
answer the question, "What is a thesis
statement?"
MR & MS EAPP 2022

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No
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5. Yes
No
Yes
Yes
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6. WHAT IS A THESIS
STATEMENT?
A thesis statement is a sentence
used in an essay that serves as the
guide for the essay and directly
answers the question or task asked
of you. An essay must have a main
point, main idea or central message.

7. There are other specific arguments in
it, and they should support or reflect the
main idea and such main point or
central message is the thesis. It is
written as the thesis statement.
Remember ,a thesis statement is simply
a factual statement nor is not just a
topic sentence. It has to be noted that
the thesis statement is also considered

8. A. It addresses the prompt clearly
B. It makes a claim or presents an argument
C. It may be arguable if the thesis an
opinion
A thesis statement has the
following characteristics:

9. Ways on how thesis statement or main idea
can be written or developed
1
2
3
4
5
Inductive
Deductive
Deductive-Inductive
Inductive-Deductive
Hinted/ Implied

10. Inductive
01.
- a writing method which starts
from particular to general; this means
that specific details are presented at
the first part of the text and
conclusions, or generalizations are
placed at the end of the text.

11. Example:
The typical Filipino is short, brown, flat-nosed. He cannot live
without his rice, but he isn’t allergic to bread, arroz a la
valenciana, pancit, and spaghetti. He educates his youth in
foreign languages; furnishes his home with G.E., Hoover, RCA;
apes the latest fashion from New York and Paris; argues in world
for a in almost flawless English. His Zalameda is almost a
Parisiene by now, and his Villa has found his home in America.
Indeed, the Filipino maybe Oriental in looks but Occidental in
more ways than one.

12. Deductive
02. - the opposite of induction; this writing
method starts from general to specific,
which means that conclusions are
presented first before presenting the
support ideas or the specific details.

13. Example:
There are many kinds of movie “pests”. There are the story tellers
who have developed the habit of seeing the movie in two sittings so that
they can inform the latecomers what happens next. There are the
nutcrackers who have to munch something- peanuts, walnuts, popcorn, or
anything else that can spoil one’s fun. There are the mimics who are
Tarzans one minute, Madonnas the next, and the Incredible Hulks later.
There are the mother hens who are accompanied by a squadron of
“retazos” or “chikitings” whose noise can drive one crazy. And lastly, there
are the wandering Jews who can’t make up their minds where to sit and
can’t stay put in one place!

14. Deductive
-Inductive
03. - a combination of the first two methods; this
pattern starts from a general statement, proceeds in
discussing specific details in the middle of the text,
and ends with a recapitulation of the generalized
statement at the end. Usually, this repeated general
statement becomes an “intensifier” of the idea
presented at the beginning of the text.

16. Inductive-
deductive
04.

18. Hinted/
Implied
05.

19. Example:
I sank into the first chair at the entrance hall proffered to me by an unsmiling
guard. I waited as he checked his list of expected visitors, after which he pressed
a button in front of his desk and a voice came through. They talked in whispers. I
was asked to present my I.D., and the guard looked me over, looked at my I.D.
and he smiled this time. He motioned me to enter but not until I surrendered my
I.D. to him, and in return he gave me a Visitor’s I.I. to wear instead. The same
ritual took place at the entrance to the building itself; but this time another guard
asked me to open my bag for inspection. I was asked to walk through an X-ray
type of gadget; and since no sound came through, I was finally given the nod to
enter. “So this is
Malacanang Social Hall”, I muttered to myself, as I joined the others already
seated in immaculate white covered chairs.

20. Learning Task 1
Based on the previous activities and
discussion, answer the following questions.
Write your answer in a separate sheet of
clean paper.
1. What is the importance of learning thesis
statements?
2. Which do yu think is the most useful
method of paragraph development to student
writers like you? Why do you say so?

21. THANK YOU FOR
LISTENING!