Thesis Statement Generator

In short A thesis statement is one sentence that makes a specific, arguable claim and signals how you will support it. Arguable is the word doing the work: "social media affects teenagers" is a topic, and "the mental-health effects attributed to social media are better explained by displaced sleep than by content" is a thesis, because someone could reasonably disagree with the second. If nobody could disagree, there is nothing to argue and the essay becomes a summary. Specific matters as much. A thesis that could cover a whole book cannot be supported in two thousand words, and the most common cause of a rambling essay is a thesis that was too broad to defend. Narrow it until you can actually prove it in the length you have. Put it at the end of the introduction, where the reader expects it, and keep it to one sentence — two is usually a sign of two theses. Then check every paragraph against it: any paragraph that does not support the thesis either needs the thesis widened or needs deleting.