Guide to writing a thesis statement for your critical reflection.

1. Thesis statement
Guide to your critical reflection

2. A thesis statement:
• expresses your viewpoint or
stand on the subject
• introduces and anchors your
whole argument
• is explicitly stated in the
introduction and conclusion
• supports and validates your
essay

3. Therefore your thesis statement should be:
Relevant
Clear &
Concise
Simple

4. Good or bad
• The major argument against
nuclear power in any country is
not the danger of catastrophic
accidents, but the problem of
disposing of the wastes created
by power plants

5. Good or bad
• The first nuclear reaction
happened in the united states in
1924

6. Good or bad
• Some people argue that
nanotechnology will
revolutionaries medicine in the
twenty first century, while other
people claim that it is only one
of the many powerful
breakthroughs

7. Good or bad
• Nanotechnology will revolutionize
medicine more than any other
discovery or breakthrough in
history, by providing diagnostic
tools that have no harmful impact
on the human body

8. It's time for you
Write a thesis statement for
assessment two