THESIS STATEMENT IN IELTS WRITING
Thesis statement plays an important role in introduction of an essay and should be written at a right place. If the thesis executed on the wrong place it can affect the coherency of the essay and your scores can be reduced by it.
WHAT IS A THESIS STATEMENT?
“A thesis statement is one sentence that expresses the main idea of an essay”. This main idea is the one which is to discussed in the essay. This statement is important as it tells your opinion about the given topic. Moreover, it is also an indication of your organization of the essay
How to write a thesis statement?
Understanding the task of the essay is very important to write an effective thesis. Here are some guidelines which can make your task easier to identify the task.
Let’s take an example of a topic:
Nowadays in many countries chemicals are used to produce and preserve food.
Do the advantages of this use outweigh the disadvantages?
In this question you have to write whether using of chemicals to produce and preserve food items are more advantageous or disadvantageous.
So basically in the essay you have to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the issue, and in the thesis statement you have to make clear that you will go with advantages or disadvantages. According to this opinion you should move forward in the essay if you say that this issue has more pros than cons than you should write more advantages then disadvantages.
Here is an example introduction, with the thesis in bold:
Now a day’s many chemicals are used to get good harvest from the crops and to preserve the food for long time. In my opinion, this trend has more disadvantages than advantages.
If you are confused by the word ‘outweighs‘ don’t write it as the question is simply demanding to write advantages and disadvantages.
One more thing to remember is that the thesis statement differs from question to question for this you should read and understand the question carefully.
TIPS
– Don’t use question in the thesis as it is not a question.
– Your statement should be brief and clear to avoid any confusion.
– In the opinion essay, write 2 reasons for your opinion in the thesis statement.
– The thesis statement comes at the end of the introduction paragraph i.e. after paraphrasing the question.
– Don’t use the memorized material as examiner can spot them.
