Question

In our modern world, advertising plays a major role in our daily lives: it influences the decisions we make about our clothing, our food, and our cars. 2 Many shoppers insist on expensive name brand clothing, even if the quality is not better than the bargain priced items. 3 Because of advertising, children as young as two years old recognize and sing along with fast food melodies and beg parents for a particular brand of sweetened cereal. 4 Studies show that both men and women are greatly influenced by prime time commercials featuring automobiles.
In this paragraph, which sentence states the thesis?

Answer 1

Sentence 4 would be the thesis because it describes the main idea of the paragraph. Sentences 1, 2, and 3 are the bases, or proof that give support to the thesis.

Answer 2

I'm pretty sure the answer is sentence 4 because it actually uses proof to back up the text. The other sentences don't use any proof. I hope I helped.