Monday, February 8, 2010

Sample Thesis Statements

State your goal for your analysis: thesis, main claim, or research question.

1. The issue of low income housing in Seattle takes shape through different definitions of community.

2. We can understand arguments surrounding Barack Obama’s health care plan by considering the needs of different audiences.

3. We know that the New Orleans Saints won the Super Bowl through a strong defense and strategic savvy.

You can also state your thesis/main claim as a question:

1. What is the relationship between art and fashion?

2. How do advocate’s solutions to end sex trafficking shape how people understand the problem of sex trafficking?

3. How are free speech debates developing in relation to the growing phenomena of hate speech on the Internet?

*Your paper is then an answer to the above questions, or in the first set of examples, your paper is support for your main claim.

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