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Writing a Good Thesis for a Descriptive Essay
Begin with a subject that interests you
For example, if you are asked to describe an important place in your life, you could write about your hometown.
Narrow your subject until you could cover it within your page/word limit
In the paper about your hometown, you clearly could not cover every bit of it in 2-3 pages or 400-500 words. Instead, begin to think about one small part of your hometown that was important to you. It could be your bedroom, the woods, a football stadium...anything you want.
Make sure that your thesis states a dominant impression about what you are describing. Don’t worry about refining the sentence right away.
The statement “The subject of this paper will be my childhood bedroom” is not a good thesis statement. To check if your thesis has a point, ask yourself “so what?” Why does it matter that the subject of your pap...
Writing a Good Thesis for a Descriptive Essay
Begin with a subject that interests you
For example, if you are asked to describe an important place in your life, you could write about your hometown.
Narrow your subject until you could cover it within your page/word limit
In the paper about your hometown, you clearly could not cover every bit of it in 2-3 pages or 400-500 words. Instead, begin to think about one small part of your hometown that was important to you. It could be your bedroom, the woods, a football stadium...anything you want.
Make sure that your thesis states a dominant impression about what you are describing. Don’t worry about refining the sentence right away.
The statement “The subject of this paper will be my childhood bedroom” is not a good thesis statement. To check if your thesis has a point, ask yourself “so what?” Why does it matter that the subject of your pap...
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