
After you have presented some general background information, you will need to narrow your focus. This is done in a thesis statement which is often the last sentence of the introduction. A thesis statement is similar to a topic sentence in several ways. Just as a topic sentence controls the information for a paragraph, a thesis statement controls the information for an entire essay.
A good thesis statement identifies the subject of the essay,
establishes the aspects of the subject that
the essay will deal with.
Underline the thesis statement in John Lennon: A Musician for All Time and answer the following questions:
1. Does the thesis statement identify the subject of the essay?
2. Does it establish the aspects of the subject that the essay develops?