Read ech thesis statement. Move the one that make the best thesis statement into that column on the right. Move the ones that are poor thesis statements into the other column. Best Thesis statemenr:

Poor thesis statement:

DRAG & DROP THE ANSWE

Knowing a foreign language is a very useful skill. It can help one advance in a career, relate better to others, and open one's mind to the ideas of another culture.

I hate living in a big city.

World War Il not only affected the economy of the United States, but also altered the role of the American government and the American people forever.

Babe Ruth played baseball from 1914 until 1935.

The experience for immigrants in the early 1900s was difficult characterized by economic hardship. cultural loss, and discrimination.

Small town life offers closer relationships with neighbors, a slower pace of life, and a lower cost of living.

Immigrants came to the U. S through Ellis Island and angel island in the early 1900s.

My uncle was in world war ll.

Spanish, French, Latin and Chinese are all offered as courses at Franklin Township Middle School West.

Babe Ruth is the greatest baseball player of all time because he hits lots of home runs, was adored by fans, and was charismastic.

Javier is writing a literary analysis of the secret garden. read this introduction to his essay. frances burnett’s “the secret garden” explores the challenges of a sickly, self-centered little girl named mary lennox. after mary’s parents die of cholera, she moves from india to england to live at her uncle’s estate in yorkshire. while living at the old estate, mary discovers an abandoned garden that belonged to her deceased aunt. tending to the neglected garden brings mary joy, and her health improves. through mary’s transformation, burnett presents nature as a symbol of rebirth and healing. which piece of textual evidence should javier use to support the claim made in the introduction? a. “‘it’s in the garden no one can go into,’ she said to herself. ‘it’s the garden without a door. he lives in there. how i wish i could see what it is like! ’” b. “in india she had always felt hot and too languid to care much about anything. the fact was that the fresh wind from the moor had begun to blow the cobwebs out of her young brain and to waken her up a little.” c. “mary felt lonelier than ever when she knew she was no longer in the house. she went out into the garden as quickly as possible, and the first thing she did was to run round and round the fountain flower garden ten times.” d. “‘it isn’t a quite dead garden,’ she cried out softly to herself. ‘even if the roses are dead, there are other things alive.’”