Overview Even though templates can be as restrictive as they are helpful, they do tend to provide writers (especially writers new to AP) with a basic "road map" of how to write an effective thesis for the AP FRQ questions.
Writing Thesis Statements
Thesis Statements
The basic thesis statement will do a number of important things:
List the author, title, and genre [the TAG]
Include the MOWAW [the Meaning Of the Work As a Whole]
2+ LIT TOOLS the author used to get you to see what the MOWAW was.
The Thesis Template
Through [his/her] use of [tool, tool, and tool] in [title, genre], [author] strongly [suggests, argues, conveys the larger meaning] (that) + [MOWAW].
Example: Through his use of an archetypally rich setting, a startling climax, and supernatural imagery in his 2015 horror film The Witch, A New England Folktale, director Dave Eggers strongly suggests that transgression of religious and patriarchal norms can provide women with an unexpected source of freedom and power.