Please help me with my thesis. i have to write a thesis statement in the topic topic "Poverty in USA". like i had lots but my teacher didn't agree with those. can anyone please give me idea what to write. by starting the sentence with " Poverty in USA ....."

Question

please give me some ideas or suggestion ...plz ....Thanks in advance!!!

Answer 1

Poverty in USA is preventable.

Poverty in USA is not preventable.

Answer 2

can that be a thesis statement??? can u please like explain it to me. thanks

Answer 3

can this be one of the thesis statement: Americans believe that poor people work, but that their jobs don’t necessarily pull them out of poverty.
plz help.

Answer 4

yes ,it can be, if you want that to be your main idea.But in whatever you're writing, you have to have information to back up your statement.

Answer 5

A thesis sentence must make a statement about what you want to prove in your paper. It has to be controversial and your opinion.

Check these sites for more information about thesis statements.

http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/thesis.html

http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/thesis_statement.shtml

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/545/01/