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– THESIS STATEMENTS AND THE DRAFTING PROCESS–




Drafting a Thesis Statement

While you don’t need to start with an introduction, you should have a thesis statement before you begin draft-
ing. Your thesis is the main idea of your essay—it succinctly reveals what you’re going to say. In Lesson 5, you
learned how to narrow your topic and formulate a tentative thesis. Now, you’ll either commit to that thesis, or revise
it into a workable thesis statement.
Here are a few more considerations:

1. A good thesis statement makes a strong, clear assertion that conveys your attitude about the subject.

No assertion: The School of Rock is about a substitute teacher.

Mild assertion: The School of Rock is an entertaining film about an influential substitute teacher.

Strong assertion: The School of Rock is about how a substitute teacher uses the transformative power of
rock and roll to Giúp his students and himself.



2. A good thesis statement strikes the right balance between too broad and too narrow. It needs to be focused
enough to encompass just enough material to cover within the spatial confines of the essay, and narrow
enough to include enough material that can be supported by evidence.

Too broad: Animals have developed many strategies for survival.

Some focus:



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