Writing Workshop: Creating an Argumentative Essay — Unit test

Question 1 • WV-US Studies

Which of the following would make the best thesis statement for an argumentative essay?

Answer

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and President Theodore Roosevelt were fifth cousins.

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was in office at the beginning of World War II.

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s creation of Social Security kept people out of poverty.

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal effectively pulled the US from the grips of the Great Depression.

Explanation

An argumentative thesis should make a claim that can be supported with reasons and evidence, rather than simply state a fact. Choice D argues that the New Deal effectively helped the United States recover from the Great Depression, a claim people can debate using historical evidence. Choices A and B are factual statements, while C makes a claim but focuses narrowly on Social Security rather than the broader argument about the New Deal.

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