Writing thesis statement

Today’s lesson was different from the lesson on Tuesday. We learned to write Thesis Statement. Although we learned this in the second semester during Academic Writing class, i feel that it is necessary for us to do a fresh recall and revision of what we have learned. It is also a foundation to the writing of Position paper.

Thesis statement is a topic sentence in a paragraph which further focuses the narrowed subject of a topic. It is a sentence which clearly stating the writer’s controlling idea which will later link to the main point, opinion or angle that the rest of the essay will support and discuss. A thesis statement is not too vague and too general. For example:

Vague thesis statement: My recent trip to Florida was really bad.

Revised thesis statement: My recent trip to Florida was disappointing because the weather upset my sightseeing plans.