How do I make a good thesis statement? - Help.com

It has to take a strong, clear stance.

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It has to take a strong, clear stance.

yea i agree

You need to write something clear and concise. It must be a statement and something which you can back up in the body of your essay.

A good example would be something like this:

The condition of warfare is a grueling experience for any human being, and in order for the soldier to endure battle after battle they must rely upon many mechanisms of survival.

Then you would go about describing the mechanisms themselves in greater detail and how they all come together to aid the psyche of the soldiers themselves. It doesn’t have to be elaborate but it must clearly state exactly what you intend to talk about. It can also be more than one sentence. If you are dealing with the moral, political, and economic aspects driving the US into WWI, then continue along the road of that blanket statement “moral, political, and economical aspects made the United States change its opinion about the war,” and start outlining specifically which moral, political, and economic aspects you were be focusing on.

If you feel this is too general, then you need to narrow down your topic to focus perhaps on one thing or the other: choosing from one of those mentioned aspects.

Then be more descriptive about it..something like, “The stance of the United States toward World War I drastically transformed as a result of a myriad of factors, most prominently economic shortcomings, foundational moral implications, and political superiority.” Um, and I just said that to prove description is important as well..