Practice 12: Writing thesis statements

 Writing thesis statements

Government surveillance (Pro)
1.  Helps to deal with car accidents
2.  Helps to investigate serious cases
3.  Helps to prevent terrorist attacks thanks to expression sensors
Thesis: Government surveillance is needed in today’s society in matters such as dealing with car accidents, investigating serious cases and preventing terrorist attacks.

Gun ownership (Con)
1.  School shootings
2.  Suicide rates
3.  Armed thefts
Thesis: Gun ownership has increased society’s brutality, bringing horrible situations in which children are killed in school shootings, suicide rates have gone up and armed thefts are more common.

Globalization (Pro)
1.  Lowers the number of cases of racism
2.  Major technology advances
3.  Multiculturalism 
Thesis: Globalization has more advantages than disadvantages, as it decreases the number of cases of racism, enhances technology advances and popularizes different cultures.

Changing your name (Pro)
1.  Helps body dysphoria
2.  Bullying cases
3.  Bad meaning in another language or culture
Thesis: Changing your name should be considered a human right because it helps with body dysphoria, bullying cases and allows changes in culturally inappropriate names.

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