Draft Thesis Statements

In this blog post I will write a few potential working theses for my rhetorical analysis. I will then analyze each statement and discuss potential benefits and drawbacks of trying to develop each of the statements.

Screenshot from my computer, 10/13/15

1. In his TEDx talk, Hadi Partovi emphasizes the idea of a "seed" that computer science education plants in young students all around the world. Partovi's metaphor and use of logical appeal are specifically aimed at convincing his educated adult audience of the importance of computer science education.

• This thesis might be hard to work off of when explaining the "seed" concept. Explaining that in a brief and clear manner could pose a challenge. There are also parts of this thesis that would make writing the analysis easy. Writing about Partovi's use of logical appeal and his audience would be relatively simple.

2. In his TEDx talk, Hadi Partovi employs extensive use of logical appeal, along with appeals to his own credibility to convince his educated adult audience of the importance of piquing an interest in computer science in all students.

• This thesis is easier to work off of since it doesn't explicitly cover the "seed". I could cover that topic in a much broader way and not go into detail about that. Also, writing about logical appeals and appeals to credibility should be very simple.

EDIT:

After reading Elliot's and Chloe's blog posts, I have some new ideas for structuring my own theses. Elliot in particular did a good job of being clear in his theses by listing elements of the text that were ineffective. I forget to do this in my own theses and I will likely alter my own now. Chloe's theses were very similar to mine. She wrote two theses that were very similar, but in a different sentence form.