EXERCISE 58–1 Thesis statements in APA papers
Example:
  • image Believers in so-called alien abductions think that extraterrestrials have contacted humans, but a better explanation for such experiences is the phenomenon known as sleep paralysis.
  • image At least several hundred Americans—and perhaps many more—believe that they have been attacked in their beds by extraterrestrial beings.
  • The first sentence states an interpretation that can be developed in a five-to-ten-page paper. The second sentence merely states a fact.