DocEssay-sample+thesis

SAMPLE THESIS STATEMENTS In the following sample thesis statements, two directions or angles that the paper will develop with research and analysis are underlined and numbered so you can see them clearly. Some papers may have more than two angles.   Television has long been considered a powerful and influential medium in American culture, and as the __trend for a steadily increasing diet of violence**1**__ continues, the effects are becoming clear: television __violence correlates with aggressive behavior**2**__ in children and teenagers.   The __steady depletion of the world's rainforests**1**__ confronts humankind with a strange and unexpected irony: the world will not be destroyed suddenly in a nuclear holocaust, but rather, the world will be ruined slowly through environmental abuse and neglect. In light of this possibility, __people are organizing themselves in order to save the earth**2**.__   From the invention of the silent movie, people have been fascinated and entertained by the phenomenon of filmmaking and movie going. Censorship of film in the __past**1**__ and the __present**2**__ has been an interesting and important consideration of the film industry as a reflection of social values and norms.   Animals have long been a necessary and indispensable part of medical research. __Without animal use in scientific labs, many now defunct human diseases would continue to ravage humankind and much vital medical knowledge and procedural information would still be unknown. **1**__ Animal rights __activists who continue extreme tactics to halt such medical progress are harming more people than they are helping.**2**__  
 * <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">A. Cause and effect **
 * <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">B. Problem and Solution(s) **
 * <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">C. Past/Present/Future (chronological) **
 * <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">D. Pro or Con-a position paper **