Thesis Statement

To write your own explaining paragraph, pick a big topic you like. This could be anything from today's culture like TV, sports, music, food, or movies. Once you've picked a big topic, you need to make it smaller until you find a specific thing to write about. For example, if you start with sports, you might choose to focus on professional football. But that's still too big to write just one paragraph about. So, you'd make it even smaller. You could end up with a topic like the many head injuries in the NFL. This shows how you go from a big idea to a smaller, specific topic you can write about.