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Moving From Subject To Thesis Statement With Topic Sentences HD
Moving From Subject To Thesis Statement With Topic Sentences HD
Terminology
Having Trouble?
Turn your topic into a question (or multiple questions).
The answer to the question is the thesis statement for the essay.
Ex. Q: “What are the potential benefits of using computers in a fourth-grade class?”
A: “The potential benefits of using computers in a fourth-grade class are . . . .”
OR
A: “Using computers in a fourth-grade class promises to improve . . . “
Question #1: Does demographics of a criminal and a victim has a greater risk to being sentenced to capital
punishment?
Answer #1: Yes, a criminal demographics does affect the chances of being sent to death.
Thesis #1: The criminal justice system is racially flawed and needs to be fixed.
Question #2: What does the criminal justice system need to be more just in their justice?
Answer #2: The court needs to be less prejudice towards specific traits of an individual.
Thesis #2: The lack of un-biased attorneys and jury is affecting the decision of being sent to death row.
Question #3: What are the consequences of courts sending people being condemned of capital punishment?
Thesis #3: Creates a conformity for people being sent to death motivated by traits rather than the severity of the
crime.
Question #4:
Answer #4:
Thesis #4
Which thesis statement is the one that you will use for this essay?
Thesis one.
Now, identify the five reasons you have for making the thesis statement. Remember above when it asked you to
find the three most interesting details?? That should lead you to the focus for each paragraph and to your topic
sentences. Take the five reasons you have for making the thesis statement that you did and turn them into topic
sentences.