what is an excellent thesis statement for still i rise by maya angelou

Answer 1

When creating a thesis statement, I usually pose this question to myself.

"What is the author's message in the text?" then "How does she create the message?" Then I string them together for a thesis statement.

Example:

Martin Luther King Jr. 's message in I Have A Dream is that he believes that things will soon be better for black Americans. He creates the message by using specific rhetorical devices like parallelism, repetition and metaphor.

So...

In the speech, I Have a Dream, MLK uses parallelism, repetition and metaphors to help people understand that things will soon be better for black Americans.

So what is Ms. Angelou's message in the poem? How does she create that message? Therein lies your thesis statement.

It depends on what the lesson's focus is, of course, but this method works in most cases.