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Your thesis statement should express the main idea of your paper. So if you're discussing problems and solutions, the thesis statement should include both the problems and the solutions. The thesi...
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2019-12-12T21:57:30Z (almost 5 years ago)
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2019-12-08T10:07:51Z (almost 5 years ago)
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Your thesis statement should express the **main idea** of your paper. So if you're discussing problems and solutions, the thesis statement should include both the problems and the solutions. The thesis statement should be **specific**. You've got that part down in your example: not "overpopulation may cause problems", but "overpopulation may cause famine and unemployment". As @Cyn points out, "I will argue" is unnecessary - let the thesis statement stand on its own. So, to use your example, your thesis statement could be along the lines of > Famine and unemployment caused by overpopulation may be prevented through government policies A, B, C. For more information, look [here](http://www.cws.illinois.edu/workshop/writers/tips/thesis/), for example: the University of Illinois explanation about how to write a thesis statement. (Of the first five google results for 'thesis statement', I found this one the most comprehensive.)
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2018-11-08T12:47:35Z (almost 6 years ago)
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