For many years, I was instructed to write my thesis statement first and then start writing the essay. It turns out there is another effective method to writing good thesis statements which is to begin writing the essay and write the thesis statement later on. A thesis statement is extremely important because it paves the way to what the essay will be about, that is why it is so important and why I am glad I received this advice. In class, we also had an exercise where we looked at different thesis statements and how they varied. When I wrote my paper on the documentary, the 13th and my research paper for Othello, my thesis statements were much stronger. Another issue that I faced with my thesis statement is that, throughout my paper I was not following what I had written on the thesis statement. In my thesis statement on the documentary 13 I talked about mass incarceration and dehumanization of African Americans. When I was writing the essay for the 13, I was not following what I had stated in the thesis statement which made my paper look weak. I talked about the mass incarceration but did not mention how blacks were being dehumanized. After meeting with my professor, I was able to expand on my ideas and I was able to write a great
For many years, I was instructed to write my thesis statement first and then start writing the essay. It turns out there is another effective method to writing good thesis statements which is to begin writing the essay and write the thesis statement later on. A thesis statement is extremely important because it paves the way to what the essay will be about, that is why it is so important and why I am glad I received this advice. In class, we also had an exercise where we looked at different thesis statements and how they varied. When I wrote my paper on the documentary, the 13th and my research paper for Othello, my thesis statements were much stronger. Another issue that I faced with my thesis statement is that, throughout my paper I was not following what I had written on the thesis statement. In my thesis statement on the documentary 13 I talked about mass incarceration and dehumanization of African Americans. When I was writing the essay for the 13, I was not following what I had stated in the thesis statement which made my paper look weak. I talked about the mass incarceration but did not mention how blacks were being dehumanized. After meeting with my professor, I was able to expand on my ideas and I was able to write a great