Creating Thesis Statement

Imagine this: it’s your first day of college. You’re enjoying yourself and making tons of new friends. Then, almost out of nowhere, your professor assigns you an essay. You don’t sweat it because you aced all of your high school essays without trying too hard. Next, you proceed to procrastinate until the night that the paper is due only to find out that the writing that you did in high school was almost entirely different to the prompt sitting right in front of you. After visiting your university’s writing center website, you stumble upon this blog. Here is how you can transition from high school to college writing.
1. Organization
In high school, do you remember your teacher telling you that all essays should be five paragraphs? In college, the organization of your paper should be a bit different than that. Limiting yourself to five paragraphs can cause you to suppress some of your best ideas. Take as many paragraphs as you need to answer the prompt. Furthermore, everything in your essay has a purpose. Each sentence should be placed strategically to defend your argument, also known as your thesis statement.

2. Thesis Statements
Creating thesis statements in college might appear to be different than the ones that you created in high school. For example, in high school you may remember assembling a …show more content…
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