Finding Purpose, Tone, an Audience, and a Thesis from a Topic

As writers, we sometimes tend to start writing with only a broad concept in mind. Start to address questions about audience, purpose, thesis and tone by turning a broad concept—the basic subject matter of your essay—into a sentence, something you want to say about the subject.

For each of the italicized noun/topics below, write a sentence by adding a verb and making a statement about that noun/topic.

Example:
This essay is about warning labels on CDs.
Warning labels on CDs are destructive to the first amendment rights of artists.


This essay is about capital punishment.




This essay is about the food in the student cafeteria.




This essay is about the use of cell phones in cars.




This essay is about underage drinking.




This essay is about the welfare system.




This essay is about my morning routine.




Email your answers to your instructor.