Slide 2:
A strong thesis statement
takes some sort of stand.
Slide 3:
Remember that your thesis needs to show your conclusions about a subject.
Slide 4:
There are some negative and positive aspects to the Banana Herb Tea Supplement. This is a weak thesis statement. First, it fails to take a stand.
Second, the phrase negative and positive aspects is vague.
Slide 5:
2. A strong thesis statement justifies discussion.
Slide 6:
Your thesis should indicate the point of the discussion.
If your assignment is to write a paper on kinship systems, using your own family as an example, you might come up with either of these two thesis statements:
Slide 7:
My family is an extended family.
This is a weak thesis because it merely states an observation. Your reader won’t be able to tell the point of the statement, and will probably stop reading.