Thesis statements for Reflective Essays
Thesis Statement for Reflective Essays
Should contain: 1. Event/ topic of focus 2. Event’s impact on you
Example /
A friend’s forgetfulness helped me see beyond my contempt of my great grandmother to contempt of myself for loving so conditionally.
Are these thesis statements or not??
This past summer’s lesson was perhaps the most memorable one yet. Gazing from across the pasture to the creek, I realized that love is universal among earth’s creatures, that they all possess the capacity for love.
Little did I know when I walked onto the court, tennis not basketball, for the first time that I was about to gain a whole new perspective about me.
Topic Sentences for reflective essays
Still need to build upon the idea of the thesis.
Need to give an overview of what will be happening in that paragraph
Also, could be used to tie together the former paragraph as well
You should be able to look at an outline of your essay with the thesis and topic sentences and have the overall view of the essay make sense.
Do these examples work?
Wanda Riter
Thesis: One incident, however, changed my long-range approach to our relationship and towards my whole family as well.
First TS:
The way my brother and I were always mean to each other was sort of like a game.
Second TS: Twenty minutes after my brother left our house, my mom got a call telling her that Brian had gotten ran over by a truck while riding his cycle.
Third TS:
I can’t tell you how lucky I felt to see Brian walking into our house
Fourth TS:
I learned a couple of valuable things from this whole incident.
Better . . .
Thesis: . A friend’s forgetfulness helped me see beyond my contempt of my great grandmother to contempt of myself for loving so conditionally.
First TS: The lesson stemmed from the forgetfulness of a friend
(The rest is unwritten. . . )
OR. . .
Thesis: Gazing from across the pasture to the creek, I realized
Should contain: 1. Event/ topic of focus 2. Event’s impact on you
Example /
A friend’s forgetfulness helped me see beyond my contempt of my great grandmother to contempt of myself for loving so conditionally.
Are these thesis statements or not??
This past summer’s lesson was perhaps the most memorable one yet. Gazing from across the pasture to the creek, I realized that love is universal among earth’s creatures, that they all possess the capacity for love.
Little did I know when I walked onto the court, tennis not basketball, for the first time that I was about to gain a whole new perspective about me.
Topic Sentences for reflective essays
Still need to build upon the idea of the thesis.
Need to give an overview of what will be happening in that paragraph
Also, could be used to tie together the former paragraph as well
You should be able to look at an outline of your essay with the thesis and topic sentences and have the overall view of the essay make sense.
Do these examples work?
Wanda Riter
Thesis: One incident, however, changed my long-range approach to our relationship and towards my whole family as well.
First TS:
The way my brother and I were always mean to each other was sort of like a game.
Second TS: Twenty minutes after my brother left our house, my mom got a call telling her that Brian had gotten ran over by a truck while riding his cycle.
Third TS:
I can’t tell you how lucky I felt to see Brian walking into our house
Fourth TS:
I learned a couple of valuable things from this whole incident.
Better . . .
Thesis: . A friend’s forgetfulness helped me see beyond my contempt of my great grandmother to contempt of myself for loving so conditionally.
First TS: The lesson stemmed from the forgetfulness of a friend
(The rest is unwritten. . . )
OR. . .
Thesis: Gazing from across the pasture to the creek, I realized