{"id":53,"date":"2017-06-19T22:54:28","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T22:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/olemiss-writing100\/chapter\/practice-argumentative-thesis-statements\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T00:35:56","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T00:35:56","slug":"practice-argumentative-thesis-statements","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/olemiss-writing100\/chapter\/practice-argumentative-thesis-statements\/","title":{"raw":"Practice: Argumentative Thesis Statements","rendered":"Practice: Argumentative Thesis Statements"},"content":{"raw":"In the practice exercises below you will use the information you learned in the previous reading\u00a0to help you recognize and evaluate argumentative thesis statements.\r\n<div class=\"textbox tryit\">\r\n<h3>recognize an argumentative thesis<\/h3>\r\nhttps:\/\/assess.lumenlearning.com\/practice\/72cc8fb7-dc56-4745-a466-b7ed1382fc9e\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox 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