: How do you construct a thesis statement? I have read any essay making tips and they said that the thesis statement is key to the thesis. So I tried to make one based on a question. So assume

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Your thesis statement should express the main idea of your paper. So if you're discussing problems and solutions, the thesis statement should include both the problems and the solutions.

The thesis statement should be specific. You've got that part down in your example: not "overpopulation may cause problems", but "overpopulation may cause famine and unemployment".

As @Cyn points out, "I will argue" is unnecessary - let the thesis statement stand on its own.

So, to use your example, your thesis statement could be along the lines of

Famine and unemployment caused by overpopulation may be prevented through government policies A, B, C.

For more information, look here, for example: the University of Illinois explanation about how to write a thesis statement. (Of the first five google results for 'thesis statement', I found this one the most comprehensive.)

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Pointing to some solution seems to be a key element in the thesis. So you should at least say you will be providing one. That will be short. Probably you may even include a key element of the solution. As is, "I will show that it may be mitigated {by doing so and so}"

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I am pretty sure this isn't a proper question for this site, but I will answer.

First, it's "I will argue" and not "I will arguing."

Second, it's "cause unemployment" or "cause increasing numbers of unemployed workers" or "lead to a higher rate of unemployment."

But that's just grammar (I assume English is not your first language as these are things a native speaker wouldn't get wrong, especially not the first one).

Make your thesis statement stand on its own. Don't tell the reader it's a thesis statement. So no "In this essay" or "I will argue." Just tell us what overpopulation does to urban areas. Then prove it.

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