{"id":204,"date":"2016-06-10T18:46:01","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T18:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level3-english\/?post_type=chapter&p=204"},"modified":"2016-10-06T20:16:53","modified_gmt":"2016-10-06T20:16:53","slug":"text-the-organizational-statement","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-fmcc-engcomp1-2\/chapter\/text-the-organizational-statement\/","title":{"raw":"The Organizational Statement","rendered":"The Organizational Statement"},"content":{"raw":"

Sometimes, an organization statement will be used in conjunction with a\u00a0thesis. \u00a0An organizational statement is a map that tells readers what they\u00a0should expect to read in an\u00a0essay. \u00a0It introduces the two or three main pieces of evidence that the author\u00a0will use to support the essay's\u00a0position. While not required in a thesis, organizational statements can make for stronger thesis statements.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

An organizational statement\u00a0can can take the form of a separate sentence or can be attached to a\u00a0thesis in a single sentence, as seen in the examples below. The organizational elements appear in bold text:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n

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Movies produced in the mid-1950s used obsessive behavior to depict teenage romance as something dangerous that should be avoided. \u00a0Obsessive behavior was viewed as rebellious, uncontrollable, and harmful<\/strong>, both to the teenagers and to the people who loved them.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

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Since obsessive behavior was viewed as rebellious, uncontrollable, and dangerous<\/strong>, movies produced in the mid-1950s used it to depict teenage romance as something that should be avoided for the sake of young adults and the people who loved them.<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

Notice how the 2nd version above strengthens the original thesis, by appearing as part of the same sentence. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Evidence in the body of an essay should be presented in the same order that it appears in an organizational statement. In the\u00a0example above, it means the paper would have to discuss rebelliousness, an uncontrollable nature, and danger (as they relate to obsessive teenage romance in film) in that order<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>","rendered":"

Sometimes, an organization statement will be used in conjunction with a\u00a0thesis. \u00a0An organizational statement is a map that tells readers what they\u00a0should expect to read in an\u00a0essay. \u00a0It introduces the two or three main pieces of evidence that the author\u00a0will use to support the essay’s\u00a0position. While not required in a thesis, organizational statements can make for stronger thesis statements.<\/span><\/p>\n

An organizational statement\u00a0can can take the form of a separate sentence or can be attached to a\u00a0thesis in a single sentence, as seen in the examples below. The organizational elements appear in bold text:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Movies produced in the mid-1950s used obsessive behavior to depict teenage romance as something dangerous that should be avoided. \u00a0Obsessive behavior was viewed as rebellious, uncontrollable, and harmful<\/strong>, both to the teenagers and to the people who loved them.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Since obsessive behavior was viewed as rebellious, uncontrollable, and dangerous<\/strong>, movies produced in the mid-1950s used it to depict teenage romance as something that should be avoided for the sake of young adults and the people who loved them.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Notice how the 2nd version above strengthens the original thesis, by appearing as part of the same sentence. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Evidence in the body of an essay should be presented in the same order that it appears in an organizational statement. In the\u00a0example above, it means the paper would have to discuss rebelliousness, an uncontrollable nature, and danger (as they relate to obsessive teenage romance in film) in that order<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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