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