Argument
Prompt: In a 2016 interview published in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Maxine Hong Kingston, an award-winning writer famous for her novels depicting the experiences of Chinese immigrants in the United States, stated, “I think that individual voices are not as strong as a community of voices. If we can make a community of voices, then we can speak more truth.” Write an essay that argues your position on the extent to which Kingston’s claim about the importance of creating a community of voices is valid.
Thesis: Kingston’s claim that a community of voices is stronger than individual voices is interesting, but it depends on the situation and cannot always be considered completely true.
Would this earn the thesis point?
No, it doesn't take a clear, defensible position.