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How to Write a Great Thesis Statement
Writing a thesis statement that works will make or break an academic essay. Without one, there is nothing to write about and no plan to follow.
College assignments will ask you to make or prove a point. Your essay may begin with a word picture or question to pique the reader’s interest, but you must get to the point sooner than later. That is where the Thesis Statement comes in.
What is a Thesis Statement?
The Thesis Statement focuses the larger topic into one clear sentence. It tells the reader why you are there and where you are going. For example, the teacher’s prompt is: Many feel that young people should be able to drink alcoholic beverages at the age of 18 because they are allowed to vote and service in the military at that age.
Your Thesis Statement would address that prompt directly. You might write: Despite what many people feel young people are not responsible enough to drink alcohol at the age of 18. Your reader would, then, expect you to explain away the issues of voting and military service and focus on proving irresponsibility. The Body of the essay will arrange the evidence necessary to make the case.
Actually, framing the Thesis Statement may be the last thing you do. First, you need to do a lot of thinking. You need to gather information and evidence from research. And, you want to find the published thoughts of people who think like you.
While this bulk of info may be enough to work with, it is not the basic or main idea. What you need to find is the idea that ties all your pieces or clusters of information together. You need to find the infrastructure or spine on which you will hang the other thoughts.
Step back and take a look. Ask yourself if there are some holes in your plan or if you need some additional info. Bounce your idea off a roommate, family member, or co-worker. Ask them for feedback on whether or not you answered the question.
Make it a “because” statement.
Assert your claim and follow it with “because.” Your Thesis Statement says that this is so for the following reason(s).
A working thesis evolves throughout the essay. It says, in so many words, this is so “if” the following is true.
Re-think your Thesis Statement if it leaves the reader unchallenged. If the reader is likely to say, “so what,” you have not made a strong or provocative statement.
Writing a thesis statement should come early in the Introductory Paragraph. This is a planning tool helping you to nail down your focus and the subsequent development. It presents a map for the reader to follow. It directs the reader the way you want the thinking to go. For instance, given the statement used earlier, there may be lots of things to say about young people drinking, but your thesis is that this is an issue of responsibility not related to voting or military service.
Conclusion: When writing a thesis statement, you make an assertion. You assert, too, that you have thought this over fully and have researched the evidence to support your claim. Writing a thesis stakes out your position, scope, and intent for the reader.