Read the following narrative prompt: Write an essay about something you do to reduce the amount of food you wast.
Which of the choices below is the best implied thesis statement for the prompt?

Making weekly meal plans helps me buy only as much food as I will need and can use before it spoils.

Explanation:

The options include:

a. I grow my own tomatoes and herbs in pots on my balcony.

b. I will write about learning how to make homemade soups and stews that use up leftovers.

c. Making weekly meal plans helps me buy only as much food as I will need and can use before it spoils.

d. Everyone should call and lobby their local legislators to change regulations that force restaurants and grocery stores to throw food away instead of donating it to shelters and food banks.

The answer to the above question is "Making weekly meal plans helps me buy only as much food as I will need and can use before it spoils".

The first option is incorrect as it didn't specify or relate to the essay as nothing was discussed about wastage.

The second option is wrong as the option was about the use of leftovers to make soups. This is wrong because the thesis should be about how to reduce wastage.

The third option is correct as making weekly meal plans will help in the reduction of wastages.

The fourth option is wrong as this will even lead to more food being wasted.

A correct answer (sample response) is:

Industrialization changed the labor needs of society. As work moved from agriculture- to industry-based, the economy moved away from a focus in the home to a focus outside the home. These changes helped support feminist arguments that allowing women to work outside the home was not only the right thing to do it was necessary for economic success and sustainability.