A few days ago
redhead

Poverty play’s a prevalent role in America’s society today.?

Do you think thats a good thesis statement. If not, can you give a suggestion. I’m writing about ” Poverty in America”

Thanks

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A few days ago
Greg R (2015 still jammin’)

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I agree with both those who answered before. Poverty may be prevalent in America (there’s a lot of it) but it does NOT play a prevalent role. The poor are swept aside and shoved away by both Republicans AND Democrats alike. It’s not the type of “issue” likely to drive voters to polls unless you ARE very poor. And when you’re in that situation the day-to-day scratching out an existence is your prime priority more than trying to sway policymakers.

I think if your plan is to say poverty is a widespread problem, your thesis should not use the phrase “prevalent role” at all…that implies that it gets a lot of attention.

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A few days ago
Anonymous
I think poverty plays a very little role in our society. These people are forgotten and tossed to the side. Politicians pretend to care in order to get elected, but really their goal is to please the rich and powerful. The same goes for us common citizens. We tend to just care about rich brats and overpaid celebrities rather than those suffering in our own country. Your thesis statement should be along the lines of “Living in Poverty, Americas’ forgotten citizens.”

or “Ignored and dismissed, poverty in America”

“America doesn’t care about its poor”.

Good luck

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A few days ago
Jill
you might want to rephrase and get rid of the apostrophe in “play’s”. how about, “While most citizens only see the wealth and prosperity of America, the country has it’s full share of poverty.” I don’t know… something like that. Hope i helped! 🙂
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