Question

Why should a thesis statement be significant, debatable, and limited?

Answer 1

A thesis must present something worth writing about. If the topic has been written about a million times before, is it necessarily significant? A thesis must also be debatable. Thesis statements are not facts. If there is no opposing viewpoint to your thesis statement, then it isn’t a thesis statement. Another important element that must be considered with thesis statements is if they are limited enough for the purpose. Whether or not a thesis is limited is determined by the scope of the project. A particular thesis might be inappropriate for a five-page paper but completely appropriate for a 50-page paper. “Limited” must be determined on a case-by-case basis.

Answer 2

Well, the thesis is basically the start of a essay war. The thesis is information regarding what the article will be about and should always be debatable, because if it was not debatable then there would be no point in writing the article.

~I hope this helped!
I am, yours most sincerely,
Joshua A. Bunn