Can someone give me an example of a thesis?

Question

need to write a an a persuasive essay.

Answer 1

your thesis is a statement.. a sentence... that will summarize everything you will talk about in an essay. Think of it as an umbrella. It must somehow cover everything that you talk about.. if you talk about something that is not somehow related to your thesis you are going "off topic".

Your thesis must be very rich and informative to provide for a good essay and must be easily distinguishable. Perhaps you have been more familiar with a thesis as your "introductory paragraph". Achieve the purpose of your introductory paragraph in one sentence and you have a thesis.

An example of a thesis for a persuasive essay on why Bush is a bad president (this is a made up EXAMPLE, not a true political statement):

"Bush is an unstable president who has corrupted america and sent thousands of families into poverty due to his participation in drugs, scandals, and parties; and now he must be impeached."

See how rich this statement is? It is long, compound, and comprehensive. I covered many things that i will further go into detail about. The end of the statement ultimately served as my driving point... "he must be impeached"... but before i reach that point i will talk about the "drugs, scandals, and parties" and how they have sent thousands of families into poverty. I will also go into detail on how he is unstable and america is now corrupt. I can easily write a factual essay

For persuasive essays you must have a thesis that clearly reveals your opinion, or your driving point. This is what you want to convince your reader of (bush is a bad president, he must be impeached) on the issue and the general main facts and evidence that you can use to support it. (drugs, scandals, poverty, parties). From here you can go into more detail by adding more paragraphs to your essay for each fact.