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Thesis Statement
The main idea of your essay should answer the following question: “What has the biggest impact: nature or nurture?” The thesis should be connected to topic sentences included below. Use only one sentence to describe your thesis.
TOPIC SENTENCE 1:• This part provides supporting evidence to
your main idea.• Use only one sentence.• Describe topic sentence 1 as clearly as
you can so your audience could understand it.
EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT:• Point form is used to identify the
evidence.• Evidence should be very specific and
target specific aspects of the topic sentence 1.
Transitional Sentence 1:
• Use only one sentence for transition.• Transitional sentence is intended to
conclude the argument; in other words, it is not repeated once again; also it provides foundation for the second argument below.
TOPIC SENTENCE 2:• Second argument is intended to back up your main
idea.• Use only one sentence.• Describe topic sentence 2 as clearly as you can so
your audience could understand it.• The topics sentences of your essay should be
completely different and connected by transitional sentences.
EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT:• Point form is used to identify the evidence.• Evidence should be very specific and target specific
aspects of the topic sentence 2.• Use different evidence for each argument. Remember
they should not repeat from paragraph to paragraph.
Transitional Sentence 2:
• Use only one sentence for transition.• Transitional sentence is intended to
conclude the argument; in other words, it is not repeated once again; also it provides foundation for the second argument below.
TOPIC SENTENCE 3:• Third argument is intended to back up your main
idea.• Use only one sentence.• Describe topic sentence 3 as clearly as you can so
your audience could understand it.• The topics sentences of your essay should be
completely different and connected by transitional sentences.
EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT:• Point form is used to identify the evidence.• Evidence should be very specific and target specific
aspects of the topic sentence 3.• Use different evidence for each argument. Remember
they should not repeat from paragraph to paragraph.
Concluding Evidence 3:
• Use only one sentence for concluding paragraph.• Transitional sentence is intended to conclude the
argument in other words it is not repeated once again; and it provides foundation for the second argument below. Exclude transitional sentence as it is the final part.