Please choose the correct ending to complete the given sentence: Education and Communications: [header] How to avoid going over an essay word limit [title] Develop a clear thesis. [step] The thesis statement of an essay is the overall point you are trying to argue or get across. In most cases, it is a one sentence response to the prompt you were given for your essay.

Ending1: Understanding how to identify and prevent other emotions can help make the essay more persuasive and convincing. [substeps] In all of this analysis, remember that your thesis is the set of truths you are trying to hook the reader in and will be used throughout a question and review. Ending2: By developing a clear thesis statement, you're getting started on your essay, not making a play on powerpoint slides. [substeps] Use your thesis statement to point out specific, clear arguments you want to raise or disagree with. Ending3: [substeps] For example, maybe you are asked why a bonus in grades has been awarded from the maple candy bowl. Perhaps you are asked a question like, " what is the exemption for $1 for this? " get a group of friends together and meet up to discuss why you think you deserve a 2:1 exemption. Ending4: With a clear thesis statement you can spend the rest of the essay methodically backing up whatever claim you made in your thesis. [substeps] For example, if your teacher gives you the prompt of " what is the most important invention of the 19th century? " your thesis statement could be " the most important invention of the 19th century was the steam engine.

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