{"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":"2019-10-25T00:50:13","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T00:50:13","slug":"practice-argumentative-thesis-statements","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-writingskillslab\/chapter\/practice-argumentative-thesis-statements\/","title":{"raw":"Practice: Argumentative Thesis Statements","rendered":"Practice: Argumentative Thesis Statements"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Learning Objectives<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Recognize an\u00a0argumentative thesis<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Evaluate an argumentative thesis<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\nIn the practice exercises below, you will use the information you learned in the previous reading\u00a0to help you recognize and evaluate argumentative thesis statements. 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