Thesis: Good vs Bad

High school sports have a positive influence on high school students because they teach social skills, reinforce time management skills, and provide exercise to students.

• Good thesis

• Bad thesis

Because high school offers more class choices, increased personal freedoms, and additional extracurricular activities, it is a better educational institution than middle school.

• Good thesis

• Bad thesis

Through the selection of characters, setting, and point of view, "A Rose for Emily" examines the consequences of social discrimination.

• Good thesis

• Bad thesis

Which of the following choices, would be the best way to make this bad thesis "'The Road Not Taken' and from Call Me Maria, both share a common theme." a good one?

• "The Road Not Taken" and from Call Me Maria share a common theme about making decisions.

• By using first person point of view in the works "The Road Not Taken" and from Call Me Maria, Robert Frost and Judith Ortiz Cofer are able to showcase the common theme that decisions are not always easy to make.

• It is easy to see that both Frost and Cofer wrote stories that share the same theme.

a sentence that states the purpose of an essay

• opinion

• statistics

• thesis statement

• counterargument

In academic writing, which component of an essay serves as a comprehensive assertion that encapsulates the central argument and guides the direction of the discourse?

• Hypothesis

• Statistical Analysis

• Thesis Statement

• Literature Review

What is the central claim or main point of an essay?

• introduction

• thesis statement

• conclusion

• evidence

Technology is a productive tool because it helps connect people and expands people's scope of knowledge.

• This is a strong thesis statement.

• This is NOT a strong thesis statement.

"High school sports have a positive influence on high school students because they teach social skills, reinforce time management skills, and provide exercise to students."

Is a good thesis because (check all that apply):

• It is specific

• It is something you can argue

• It has three supporting points

• It uses good vocabulary

"Burma is a country in Southeast Asia."

Is a bad thesis because (check all that apply):

• It is a fact, and not debatable

• It's too short

• It's too broad.