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A strong thesis is crucial for a good essay. But how do you structure a great thesis statement? If you’re watching this video, you’ve come to the right place.


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Thank you me How to structure a thesis sentence shmoop

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structuring in essays like structuring a survival hide out in

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the middle of a zombie outbreak It needs to be

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strong from top to bottom The most important part of

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your essay is something like the barricade of a survival

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shelter It should be super strong but flexible enough to

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let the good guys in and out already Your reader

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i eat Your teacher is the good guy If your

00:35

thesis statement is weak your readers won't be that good

00:38

to you anymore They will eat you alive stop So

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how do you structure a super thesis statement Well if

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you've been given an essay topic the easiest way to

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write your faces is simply to reward the topic Yes

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if your topic is write an essay about how reprogramming

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a roadside alert signed toe warn the population about a

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zombie invasion effects driving habits you khun restructure the topic

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into your thesis A good way to do this is

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to make a definitive statement about it Are you pro

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or con Either way take a stand just like you

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would against zombies And here's A good one Alerting drivers

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about zombie invasions affects driving habits by making motorists more

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cautious of hitchhikers This is super specific and it makes

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strong word choices especially at the beginning In this case

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alerting is a strong choice That also alerts the reader

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that your thesis statement is coming If your teacher doesn't

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give you a specific topic was still need to address

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the question you're exploring In your essay you khun start

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an argument Draw conclusions about a subject or thoroughly explore

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one main idea Trying to tackle the history of zombie

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media in a two to four page essay Not a

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good idea that as they will devour your brain and

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the brains of anyone who reads it the starting argument

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you need to make a bold statement Zombies have a

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reputation for being brain hungry monsters but they're cuddly and

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warm In actuality you just have to get to know

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one well quite bold shmoop to draw conclusions about a

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subject you still need to make a bold statement The

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zombie virus seems like a bad thing on the surface

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but it will actually work to bring the world together

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You may not get everyone on board with this one

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either which is a good thing Just keep in mind

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that the best way to write a strong thesis statement

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is to create an argument People aren't fighting over what

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you write you're not doing it right so how do

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you structure a thesis statement reword your top Take a

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stand Start an argument No matter what makes strong word

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choices Oh and your thesis statement should usually go at

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the end of your introductory paragraph or thereabouts A barricade

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at the back of your shelter won't do anyone any 00:03:35.552 --> [endTime] good Good luck in there

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