Peer Review

Does the first paragraph end with a thesis?

Possibly the most difficult thing to any high school or college essay. It was always a struggle for me in high school to form a correct thesis and fully understand that what I was writing, was actually helpful to the paper. I wrote a good thesis little to no times and I still do not know how to correctly write one. When I think of a good paper, the first thing I usually try and identify where thesis is in the first paragraph and how it relates to the authors topic. Its helpful to be able to identify this because I can easily translate it over to my own work to form a semi-decent paper. I really hope that some day it will become second nature to me.