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True or false. A thesis statement makes up the entire first paragraph of your paper

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False. It usually takes up one or two sentences.
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The correct answer is False

Step-by-step explanation:

A thesis statement is the main statement or idea develop in an essay or argumentative text, this statement usually expresses a position or point the author develops, explains and proves by using evidence such as examples, statistics, experts' words, etc. Because of this, it is common the thesis statement is presented in the first paragraph or introduction, along with the presentation of the topic and other contextual information as the thesis statement is usually just one sentence, which is to short for an entire paragraph and other elements need to be introduced before presenting the thesis statement. Considering this, a thesis statement does not make up the entire first paragraph as in the first paragraph other elements are presented to contextualize the topic of the text beside the thesis statement and therefore the statement in the question is False.

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