How to Write a TOEFL Essay Thesis Statement

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Very strong thesis statements

Okay, we have written our thesis statement. Here it is:

Police officers should never carry guns.

It's already good, but we can make it even stronger by using a few phrases to emphasize our point. Here are some that we can use: regardless of, under no circumstances, at no time, without exception. This is what our final thesis statement will look like:

Regardless of the situation, police officers should never carry guns.

Or it could look like this:

At no time should a police officer ever carry a gun.

We can also use these same phrases to give the opposite opinion in our thesis statement, as in this example:

Regardless of the situation, police officers should always carry guns.

Continue to practice writing thesis statements--it really is the most important sentence in the essay, and your hard work will be rewarded by a higher TOEFL score!