John Smith was a leader of the Virginia Colony.

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Bethany Hamilton is a role model for everyone to follow.

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Gas-fueled cars create air pollution.

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Where in an essay is the hook sentence?

• The location of the hook sentence isn't important.

• The last sentence of the first paragraph.

  
  

• The first sentence of the first paragraph in an essay.

  
  

• The very last sentence of an essay.

  
  

In this paper I will discuss the causes and effects of WWI and then argue as to whether or not it could have been avoided.

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The thesis statement should be ___ sentence.

Although classes taught by either lecturers or professors can be equally educational, professors differ from lecturers in education, research skills, and professional prestige.

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With four decades of increasingly intensifying conflicts among European powers—along with growing nationalism, imperialism, and militarism—WWI most certainly could not have been avoided.

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Deforestation impacts the environment by destroying ecosystems, causing desertification, and contributing to climate change.

• Strong Thesis

• Weak Thesis

Hybrid vehicles, though expensive at first, are ultimately an efficient, cost effective, and environmentally sound means of reducing carbon-dioxide emissions in the atmosphere.

• Strong Thesis
• Weak Thesis