Thesis statement

Just how you break down your thesis into topics depends on your thesis statement. There are several principles for logically breaking down your thesis. You can break it into topics according to causes, effects (benefits, advantages, disadvantages, results), steps in a process, types (kinds, categories, classes), examples, points of comparison and contrast, and reason; these are the basic principles and the ones that we will cover in depth in this text. One way to break your thesis down logically into topics is to turn your thesis statement into a question, keeping in mind what your topic and central idea are. The answers to this question might help you come up with possible topics for your developmental paragraphs; they can help you determine a strategy for organizing your essay. Here is a thesis statement and possible break down into topic for the developmental paragraph.

Thesis statement:

The village is the best environment for me to live in.

Question:

What makes it a good environment?

Answers:

The cooperation among people.

Its lack of pollution.

Its security.

Subtopic:

I believed that the village is the best environment for living Because of its cooperation, lack of air pollution and security.