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0:18 all know what ap stands for advanced
0:21 placement agony and pain no anxiety and
0:22 pressure um
0:25 no answer the prompt nailed it and you
0:26 can't answer the prompt without a strong
0:28 thesis so today i'm going to show you
0:29 the only thesis statement you'll ever
0:32 need for all of your ap lit questions if
0:33 you don't know what a thesis statement
0:35 is we first need to fix that problem a
0:36 thesis statement is a singular complex
0:39 sentence that will work to guide a whole
0:41 essay this sentence is typically placed
0:43 at the end of an intro paragraph ap exam
0:45 hint instead of writing a full intro
0:46 paragraph for your essay just write your
0:48 thesis as your intro paragraph yes on
0:50 exam day it's perfectly fine to have
0:52 your intro paragraph be one sentence
0:54 long especially if it's good which this
0:56 template that i'm going to give you will
0:57 be okay let's start with the basic
0:59 thesis structure in general the best
1:01 template for responding to any literary
1:03 prompt contains three major movements
1:05 the first movement contains the title of
1:07 the piece you're discussing the author's
1:09 last name and any literary or poetic
1:10 devices that you're going to be
1:12 discussing in your paper but those have
1:13 to be based on the prompt that you're
1:14 actually responding to the second
1:16 movement in the structure provides an
1:17 interpretation of how those elements
1:19 listed in the first movement influence
1:21 your interpretation of other elements
1:23 within that work of literature so in the
1:24 second movement you're going to not only
1:26 be talking about actual things or
1:27 characters in the story but you're going
1:29 to be combining them with inferences or
1:30 judgments you're able to make as a
1:32 reader noticing what you mentioned from
1:34 movement one and the final movement in
1:36 this thesis format is going to move your
1:37 interpretation of the literature towards
1:39 being entirely universal so you won't be
1:42 mentioning any element in the literature
1:44 itself just the ideas that the story
1:45 explores and the relationship between
1:48 them thus no characters no author in
1:50 this last movement here just ideas all
1:52 of this may sound long and complex but
1:53 it's really not in fact if you look
1:55 right at the bottom of the screen you're
1:57 gonna see the basic template right there
1:58 having the general template may still
1:59 not make this clear so i'm gonna provide
2:01 you with three example thesis statements
2:03 one for each question on the ap wood
2:05 exam poetry prose and literary argument
2:07 when i do i'll pair each one with an ap
2:08 lip prompt so you can see these in
2:11 action in all lit circumstances i'll
2:12 also show you what each thesis can look
2:14 like if you have a teacher who prefers
2:16 that you not list literary elements in a
2:18 thesis statement here's an ap exam hint
2:20 i have my students list their literary
2:21 elements in their thesis statements
2:23 because it helps with organization under
2:25 pressure so i recommend that you do it
2:26 from here on out when i present each
2:27 prompt i'm going to encourage you to
2:28 pause the video and check out the
2:30 prompts in their original forms with
2:31 their readings if you want to have a
2:33 full understanding of what's going on
2:34 but you don't have to if you just want
2:36 to see the templates in action we're
2:37 going to start with question one the
2:39 poetry essay check out this prompt from
2:42 the 2010 exam don't forget it's linked
2:52 a thesis following this common lit
2:53 template would look something like this
2:55 in her poem the century quote marilyn
2:57 wanick describes childhood memories
2:59 presents natural symbolism and conveys
3:02 the speakers hopes for her future in
3:03 order to showcase that although the
3:05 lives of her relatives play an integral
3:06 role in the creation of her quilts
3:09 multifaceted pattern her own experiences
3:11 are particularly more significant
3:12 ultimately illustrating that personal
3:14 identity is comprised of the intricate
3:17 interplay between past present and
3:19 future generations a thesis that removes
3:21 the literary elements still rocks but it
3:23 just needs to get rid of the listed lit
3:24 elements at the beginning and the words
3:26 in order to you'll also need to add an s
3:28 to the end of the word showcase or
3:29 highlight whichever one you chose from
3:31 the template check out what this might
3:33 look like with the same thesis just
3:35 without the lit elements in her poem the
3:37 century quote marilyn wanick showcases
3:39 that although the lives of the speaker's
3:41 relatives play an integral role in the
3:43 creation of her quilts multifaceted
3:46 pattern her own experiences are
3:48 particularly more significant ultimately
3:50 illustrating that personal identity is
3:52 comprised of an intricate interplay
3:54 between past present and future
3:56 generations that thesis is still solid
3:58 it's nice and open you can write a
4:00 killer paper with that let's check this
4:01 out with the question two which is the
4:02 pros passage and we're going to actually
4:04 stick with the 2010 exam but we're going
4:06 to switch to form b this particular
4:08 prompt and passage is a personal
4:09 favorite of mine it's linked in the
4:10 description and it's about to show up
4:12 right on your screen [Music]
4:18 here's a look at a thesis that follows
4:19 our moves for this particular prompt and
4:21 passage in the excerpt from the short
4:24 story cherry bomb maxine claire presents
4:25 a childish philosophy contrast a
4:27 juvenile lesson with a harsh reality and
4:30 presents an arduous journey along with
4:32 an attitude of gratefulness in order to
4:34 highlight the narrator's childhood as a
4:37 time of blissful and naive adventure
4:39 ultimately illustrating that nostalgia
4:42 brings comfort and joy to a mature mind
4:44 that thesis is delicious it's so
4:47 delicious once again though what if your
4:49 teacher has a problem with listing those
4:50 literary elements in the thesis i've got
4:52 you covered here's an example for this
4:54 passage in the excerpt from the short
4:56 story cherry bomb maxine claire
4:58 highlights the narrator's childhood as a
5:01 time of blissful and naive adventure
5:04 ultimately illustrating that nostalgia
5:06 brings comfort and joy to a mature mind
5:08 by the way i'm pretty sure the kid who
5:10 wrote that thesis got a five on his exam
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5:22 okay last but not least let's see this
5:24 thesis in action for question three
5:26 which is our literary argument this next
5:28 prompt is old school like older than i
5:30 am it's from 1982. it's not linked but
5:31 that's only because it's not actually
5:33 published online anywhere luckily
5:34 there's no reading period with it so
5:36 we're okay check out our prompt right here
5:45 [Music]
5:46 if i were to answer this prompt using
5:48 the book of mice and men our final
5:50 thesis in response to it would look like
5:52 this in the novella of mice and men
5:54 steinbeck presents two mercy killings in
5:56 order to showcase the deep care that the
5:57 characters involved shared with one
6:00 another ultimately illustrating that
6:02 companionship often requires immense
6:04 sacrifice now i'm not going to offer
6:06 another option for this particular
6:07 prompt because if i were to take out the
6:09 literary elements the two mercy killings
6:10 it would be hard to recognize that this
6:12 thesis was actually responding to a
6:13 prompt about violence but if you've
6:15 noticed how i've modeled the template in
6:17 response to questions one and two you'll
6:18 be able to figure it out on your own for
6:20 question three if you need to take
6:22 literary elements out if you're looking
6:23 to learn a surefire way now of how to
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