20 points
Which sentences do NOT meet the requirements of an effective thesis statement? Select all that apply.
1 Due to educational cutbacks, we really need your help to buy new softball and baseball equipment.
2 If you donate to our cause, you will receive free tickets to all our school's sporting events.
3 Your generous donation will allow our school to offer softball and baseball this year.
4 In addition to free tickets, we will allow you to hang an advertising banner on the outfield fence.
5 If you donate to support our cause, you will not only receive free tickets and a free advertising opportunity, you will earn the devotion and loyalty of many within our school.

A thesis statement is a sentence that reflects your position on the main idea you want to write, argue, in your paper. This must say something original about the topic, it must be two or one sentence long so the whole paper can develop this idea, and unified so all the paper is about the same and does not talk about different things. With this explained, we can say that options 2 and 4 are the ones that do not meet the requirement for an effective thesis statement, because they do not catch the main point that is helping the school's sports team.