To help develop thesis sentences, you can use SUNY Empire State College’s Thesis Generator. For a general, non-research thesis, use the Persuasive Thesis option.

Note that the Thesis Generator is simply a tool to help you get started; you need to apply the concepts from this chapter to evaluate your thesis and determine whether it meets the criteria for a strong thesis sentence for a college essay.

You can also use AI to help generate a thesis, with the understanding that:

• the quality of what it generates can vary widely
• you still need to make the thesis your own, with your own wording and ideas about what you want to write about
• you need to submit your prompt and AI log/s with your assignment

Read the following two sample essays:

 Thesis Support (Basic) sample essay

Thesis Support (also Cause and Effect) sample essay

STOP HERE and go back to the course, Week 2.