Research Essay Structure

Intro should end with

your thesis

st

1 point in thesis

.Even though television can be educational, parents should regulate the

amount of television their children watch because it shortens children's attention
spans, it inhibits social interaction, and it is not always intellectually stimulating.
First, parents should regulate the amount of television their children watch
because it shortens children's attention spans.
Larkin, Philip.

2nd point in thesis

Additionally, it inhibits social interaction.(put your well written topic sentence here)
"Cayman Islands."

3rd (and strongest)

point in thesis

Finally, the most important reason parents should regulate the amount of
television their children watch is it is not always intellectually stimulating.
Batchelder, Anna.

Conclusion should start

with rephrased thesis

Indeed, while television can be educational, parents should regulate the amount
of television their children watch.

(EXAMPLE) Works Cited

Batchelder, Anna. (2010, July 6). Students Brains Are Being Digitally Rewired. Literacy Is
Priceless. WordPress, 15 May 2012. Web. 26 March 2014.
"Cayman Islands." Encyclopedia Britannica Online. Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Web. 26
March 2014.
Cendrowicz, Leo. Will Europe's Bank Stress Tests Bring Calm or Spread More Fear?" Time.
Time Magazine, 22 July 2010. Web. 26 March 2014.
Its a Wonderful Life. Dir. Frank Capra. Perf. James Stewart, Donna Reed, and Lionel
Barrymore. RKO, 1946. Film.
Larkin, Philip. A Study of Reading Habits. Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, and Drama.
Ed. Robert DiYanni. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2007. 897898. Print.
Maplewood, New Jersey. Map. Google Maps. Google, 2 April 2014. Web. 2 April 2014.
McEvoy, Dermot. Little Books, Big Success. Publishers Weekly 30 Oct. 2006: 2628. Print.
Wiesel, Elie. Interview by Ted Koppel. Nightline. ABC. WABC, New York, 18 Apr. 2002. Web
Television.

Adapted from: "Thesis Generator." Ashford Writing. Ashford University. Web. 20 Apr. 2016.