two teachers are discussing these statements. teacher a says that a thesis statement should reflect the main idea of the paragraph that it's in. teacher b says that the thesis statement should reflect the main idea of the entire essay. who is correct
Typically, a thesis statement is at the beginning of an essay and reflects the main point of the whole essay overall.
Teacher B is correct.
Teacher A is confused with a topic sentence.
A thesis statement is the main idea of a essay or paper.
A topic sentence is the main idea of a paragraph.