Broad topic:
An issue in Frankenstein
Narrowed topic:
Responsibility
Sufficiently narrowed topic:
Responsibility of the creator to his creation
Topic turned into a question:
What is the responsibility of the creator to his creation?
Tentative thesis:
If the creation is a living being, then the creator is responsible for nurturing
and educating his “child.”
When Assignments Ask Questions
Essay assignments that pose a question allow you to quickly formulate a thesis. In fact, they are often called “thesis-
bearing” assignments for that reason. For example:
Television is a powerful medium. What do you think is the ideal place of television in our lives, and why? Explain. How
close is reality to that ideal?
Both questions are thesis bearing. Here is a student’s freewriting response.
I think the ideal place of television is that it should be for information and entertainment, but that it shouldn’t
be watched too much. The reality is far from the ideal because too many people spend too much time watching
TV to the point that they don’t communicate with each other or do things that they should be doing to be phys-
ically and emotionally healthy (examples: exercise or homework).
This answer is a good tentative thesis. It explains how the student feels about the subject, it responds to the assign-
ment, and it is focused.
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