Locating the Thesis

Statement
And Topic Sentences in a
Texts
Knowing the definition of locating thesis statement and topic sentence

Thesis Statement Topic Sentence

Definition
According to Shuttleworth (2009) that “A
thesis statement is a sentence that states
what you want your paper to show, what
you want to convince your readers of after
having read your thesis.”
Definition
A topic sentence captures the meaning of
the entire paragraph or group of sentences.
It tells what the passage is mainly about
(Colorado, n.d.)

Importance Importance
A thesis statement is important because it “A topic sentence is a sentence that sums
controls the subject matter of the essay up the main point of the entire paragraph
and states something significant to the in which it is contained”, its importance is
reader. It is also one of the statement that for the readers to know what will be the
summarizes the main point of the essay paragraph will cover (Seitan, 2009)
and states why the essay is important and Locating the Topic sentence
worth reading (“Thesis statement”, n.d.)
The topic sentence is usually at the first
Locating the thesis paragraph.
statement The topic sentence can be located by
The first thing to remember when understanding this diagram:
locating a thesis statement is the point of
author that is trying to prove. Always
remember that” A thesis can only be
expressed by a complete, declarative
sentence (not a question, either).”
Sometimes all you need to identify in the
thesis is the “abstract—the brief
summary, usually just a short paragraph,
provided with the listing of many articles
in most databases” However, an abstract
is not always provided. In those cases,
you may need to read point that they are
trying to prove (Oldham, n.d.)
 THE EQUATION FOR THESIS STATEMENT IS: Subject + Claim + Three points of support

Examples
"In order to succeed in the classroom, college students need to
WHAT A THESIS STATEMENT utilize the resources available to them throughout their academic
DOES careers."
 It describes the Notice how this thesis statement includes a specific audience
(college students), a specific purpose (success in the classroom)
topic, and what the
and the specific way this can be accomplished (utilizing available
topic about. resources).
“THESIS STATEMENTS”, N.D.
 It introduces a
specific claim that
you are making Vaccinations should be mandatory
about the topic “Vaccinations against diseases such as polio, rubella, and mumps
should be mandatory for all U.S. children who wish to attend
 It describes three
school as these vaccinations are critical to the control and
ways in which you eradication of deadly infectious diseases” (Tepper,2018)
will support and Topic- Vaccinations Claim – it should be mandatory
develop your claim Support – “…children who wish to attend school as these
vaccinations are critical to the control and eradication of deadly
infectious diseases”.
TEPPER, 2018

THE EQUATION FOR Topic Sentence is : Specific topic of the paragraph + A particular feature
about the topic

Examples

WHAT A THESIS STATEMENT

DOES
 It describes the
topic, and what the
topic about.
 It introduces a
specific claim that
you are making
about the topic
 It describes three
ways in which you
will support and
develop your claim