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Introduction to Exercise 6 - Identifying and correcting errors in thesis statements
What You Will Learn

In this exercise, you will learn how to identify and fix problems with thesis statements.
What You Will Do

Each of the following introductory paragraphs has a problem with its thesis statement. Read each paragraph and identify the problem in the thesis statement. Then, rewrite the correct thesis statement in the space provided. Click on the HINT button to get help on how to improve the thesis. After typing your answer, click on the DONE button to compare WHAT YOU WROTE with WHAT WE WROTE.
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