Writing a Thesis Statement

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I hope you are taking the time to revise in the holidays and are writing essays. To help improve your essay writing skills this post will focus on thesis statements. A thesis statement is a sentence (or sentences) that expresses the main ideas of your essay and answers the question or questions posed by the essay question. It offers the marker a quick and easy to follow summary of what the essay will be discussing and what you as a writer are setting out to tell them.

The links below will take you to excellent handouts on writing a thesis statement

Thesis Statements

Online Writing Labs

What is a thesis?

2 comments so far

  1. shabnam on

    i need to know much about the essay

  2. alison sherwin on

    HEYYY!!!!! So im doin an essay on shawshank and i would LOVE it if someone could help me out!!!!! I know that you guys are very thoughtful and kind people so i would really appreciate it if someone could lend a helping hand. God bless and take care ya’ll,
    Your reply would be great. :)
    Have a wonderful life.
    ALison B. Sherwin.


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