1 Use your thesis to help you organise the rest of your paper. 2  Write a list of topic sentences, and make sure that they show how the material in each paragraph is related to your thesis. 3  Eliminate material that is not related to your thesis and topic sentences.
The Michigan Department of State is administered by the Secretary of State, who is elected on a partisan ballot for a term of four years in gubernatorial elections.
The Secretary of State is a senior official of the federal government of the United States of America, and as head of the U.S. Department of State, is principally concerned with foreign policy and is considered to be the U.S. government's equivalent of a Minister for Foreign Affairs.