thesis statement writing. Identify each of the following thesis statements as effective or weak and mark them as follows. You may identify more than one problem with some statements. Then, write a more effective thesis for the weak ones in the spaces provided. TB: too broad TN: too narrow NC: not clear MO: more than one idea MA: making announcement E: effective 1. Popular culture from foreign countries has influenced Chinese teenagers in many ways. 2. About 20 percent of high school graduates in my city plan to go to universities abroad. 3. This essay will discuss the people you meet in the university library. 4. Students have differenct opinions on whether they should be allowed to choose their roommates, and some of them seem reasonable to me. 5. The proposed national park will protect many edndangered species, and it is time to slow down urbanization. 6. The subject of this paper is loneliness. 7. Many people like to read. 8. Modern life makes people suspicious and infriendly. 9. Fear of the dark has made my life miserable.