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        "A thesis statement appears near the beginning of a paper, and it offers a concise solution to the issue being addressed. It states the claim of the argument presented in a paper. A thesis statement is usually one sentence, though it may occur as more than one." This basically means that a thesis statement is basically your opinion that you are going to be wrinting about in your paper. Like if I had to choose a side if I wanted iPads or books in school, my opening sentence would be," I think iPads should stay in schools over books because..." And then you continue on your essay as such.