2. ● Is the central idea of a text.
● Summarize the topic and the
arguments of the writer about the topic
● Can be in one or two sentences long.
3.
4. ● Means straightforward.
● The thesis statement is obviously
written in the text.
● It is usually located at the end of the
introduction.
Explicit Thesis Statement
5. ● The thesis statement is not written in
the text.
● Readers will formulate the thesis
statement based on their understanding
of the text.
● Can be use in different forms of
literatures like stories and poems.
Implicit Thesis Statement
