Students attempt to answer the question posed by their teacher in the topic sentence.
Writing a good essay often depends upon the ability to write a good topic sentence. Teachers and professors will ask students to write a topic sentence essay, or an essay in which a question is asked and the topic sentence is already implied in the question. This main topic sentence is the thesis statement and each paragraph thereafter begins with its own topic sentence. Knowing make these statements cohere is key to writing an effective essay.
Instructions
1. Restate the question as an affirmative statement or a negation of the question being asked. The essay should be an attempt to either answer "yes" or "no" to the question posed by the teacher, but with a significant explanation to accompany it.
2. Brainstorm your topic further to create additional topic sentences for subsequent paragraphs. You can write your thesis statement without knowing how you will construct the essay, but once you've done that you will need to start providing reasons for your assertion.
3. Conduct additional research to validate your thesis. You may find, after a little research, that your thesis statement needs to be reversed. Once you know which direction you are going with the paper, you can fully develop the rest of your remaining topic sentences.
4. Select three to five pieces of evidence to support your main thesis. Each piece of evidence should be the main topic of a paragraph and should the focus of the topic sentence of each essay. Ensure that each topic sentence points back to the original thesis in some way so that the entire essay is coherent.
5. Conclude your paper with a reaffirmation of your thesis and the rest of the evidence you provide in your paper. Summarize your argument without obviously restating it.
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