Spotting a thesis
statement
Tropical rainforests are among the
most important natural features on
our planet. Rainforests only cover 2% of
the Earth's surface, but are homes to
over 50% of all species of plants and
animals living here. Rainforest trees
help the planet breathe by absorbing
carbon dioxide (a Greenhouse Gas)
from the atmosphere, and producing
the oxygen that people and animals
need to survive. If the Earth had lungs
like human beings, the rainforests
would be those lungs.
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Spotting a topic Locating
sentence
Topic
Rainforests are Earth’s oldest living
ecosystems, with some surviving in Sentences
their present form for at least 70 million
years. They are incredibly diverse and and Thesis
complex, home to more than half of the
world’s plant and animal species—even
Statements
though they cover just six percent of What are these? How and
Earth’s surface. This makes rainforests where do we spot them?
astoundingly dense with flora and fauna;
a 10-square-kilometer (four-square-
mile) patch can contain as many as 1,500
flowering plants, 750 species of trees, 400
species of birds and 150 species of
butterflies.
https://education.nationalgeographic.org/res
ource/rain-forest/
Submitted by:
Marian Lhee Abanid -
ST12P1
Submitted to:
Ms. Marites Caspe

Examples:
Cats are superior to dogs.
01
(Thesis statement)
School uniforms should be
02
banned in all schools. (Thesis
statement)
The most important problem in
03 our country is the poor
healthcare facilities. (Topic
sentence)
Fishes are good to have as
04
a pet. (Topic sentence)
What are thesis
statements?
The thesis statement is a sentence
that expresses the primary idea of
a writing project and aids in
controlling the ideas within the
work. It is more than just a topic. It
is a declarative sentence that
states the position that the paper
will take. This remark should be
specific as well as debatable.
How and where to
spot?
The04 thesis statement generally
appears near the end of the
introduction. It will be introduced in
the sentences before it, and it will be
supported and clarified in the
sentences that follow. Like a topic
sentence, a thesis statement
introduces and structures a enough to cover the entire subject of
paragraph and helps readers
anticipate what will follow.
What are topic
sentences?
The most significant sentence in a
paragraph is the topic sentence. It is
also known as a focal sentence, and
it helps organize the paragraph by
summarizing what is discussed in
the paragraph.
How and where to
spot?
Typically, topic phrases begin as
straightforward assertions. Keep in
mind that the topic sentence comes
right at the start of the paragraph.
The first sentence of the paragraph
is often it. The topic sentence of a
paragraph needs to be broad
the paragraph.