Composition: Thesis Statement Exam 1 **

Part 1: Read the following statements.
Mark the statement TRUE if it is a good thesis statement.
Mark the statement FALSE if it is not a good thesis statement.
Part 2: Which sentence in each of the following pairs of thesis statements would be better for a research paper? Think about it. Choose statements that avoid being neutral, offer a point of view (a position of some sort), and express that view specifically within the statement. Try to find the assertion in the more appropriate statement of each pair.