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in a sentence ? Here are some examples. of the work was that these leaders generally make decisions based on imprecise readings of the past.
Instead, his central is that the religious extremism which gives rise to some forms of terrorism is born out of political repression.
Unfortunately, even the core data he uses to prove his explain less than he claims.
Nor can I accept the that his long statement was a police concoction.
The you put forward equating leftist parties has the same credibility as the joke about Hitler and Stalin.
Abelard defends his that universals are nothing but words by arguing that ontological realism about universals is incoherent.
For India's great realizers, the primary evidence in support of their is revealed scripture, such as the Vedanta-sutras.
One of the main contributions of this concerns the analysis of denominative variation causes in specialised texts.
Unfortunately for Hoppe's , I have no a priori theoretical reason for dichotomizing the results in the way I did.
She is famous, not for the work of her but, rather, for her later experiments to slow down light.
I heard a lot of radio yesterday because I had to drive to and from South Caulfield twice in as many days to get my MA bound.
An interesting is wasted on a far too superficial script with some decent make-up effects.
This is because of the difficulties they present for the of explanatorial pellucidity.
The time-worn argument that conservatives have authoritarian personalities is, more or less, a nasty way of recasting my .
In other words, relying on the continued stupidity of central bankers is not the most tenable investment .
My is that Galatians is Paul's first sustained attempt to deal with the issue of covenantal nomism.
The was published at Jena in the same year that he was awarded his doctorate.
This ends our direct quotation from Fisher's , and his description of his machine.
While pursuing his theological studies he prepared a doctoral on geometry.
I was grading for a real curmudgeon, the grump who wound up being my advisor.
His doctoral , submitted to the University of Nancy, was on continuity of functions of a complex variable.
The first is that much neurotic symptomatology and indeed much so-called normal behaviour has a psychotic core.
She states her early on, and proceeds to document it with chapter and verse, in a dense, brilliant, eloquent argument.
Critics have argued that the work's regarding the advent of the totally administered society is overdrawn.
Paul returned to Paris briefly to defend his doctoral in October 1930, and then went back to Hamburg.
The is that in traditional Aboriginal societies, women were equal to men and treated with respect.
Discussing savings and investment, his was directed toward the demand for capital goods.
She is using the as an excuse to write up all of her unpublished data, but she has no experience with this.
Some thirty students have done investigations for a doctoral or a master's degree in paleopathology.
In 1929 Wittgenstein returned to Cambridge where he submitted the Tractatus as his doctoral .
Could you sum up in your own words, for the benefit of our readers who are maybe not as esoterically educated, what the central is?
Instead of explicating a , the immediacy of photography in motion seizes us and renders products of fancy as real.
His first class doctoral was on the place of sacrifice in the Ibo religion.
Like other members of your cult, you have swallowed the neo-Darwinian hook line and sinker.
The faculty even discussed with a student the possibility of coordinating a clinical externship with research.
Research proposals submitted for a Masters or doctoral will not be accepted.
This has led to the that dominating the politics of the mythical Middle Englander is the only strategy to retain power.
This book, developed from a doctoral , belongs to the Oxford Historical Monographs series.
Six years later he was awarded a doctorate for a which studied double stars, in particular studying their orbits.
It was 1942 before he was able to defend his doctoral on Hermitian operator theory and the generalised moment problem.
My final year involved studying the interactions between bees and plants in a very biodiverse area of Mexico.
The of the momentariness of human existence has had a recent defender in Derek Parfit.
For her , she investigated how Verreaux's sifakas rear their infants.
His doctoral , and all his earlier publications, concerned applications of analysis to mechanics.
After leaving Italy in 1922, Cech wrote his habilitation , becoming a docent at the Charles University of Prague.
Most evangelicals will respond to this basic with hesitation, if only because of its novelty.
It's a literary mystery, an English with the heart of a bodice-ripper.
In his , he described in detail the places and tribal groups where slavery is still practiced.
She had plenty of opportunity to study him at close quarters, for she had agreed to go through his with him, correcting his German.
He connects it with the that only universal propositions can be known.
Wigner's contains the first theory of the rates of association and dissociation of molecules.
I'd love to be able to say I was dissertating, but somehow a 12,000 word undergrad isn't quite the same.
However, it is not clear if this was the reality, and there were many dissentients from this .
No of theology escapes criticism, and no edict is exempt from conscientious dissent.
This is a substantially weaker , and I shall assume for purposes of argument that it is defensible.
His is a that Celts, Bretons, and Galicians had more in common with one another than they did with their inland kin.
He wrote his doctoral on algorithms for continued fractions which he submitted to the University of St Petersburg.
This requires daily travelling to those companies for in-service training and for consultations with supervisors.
What started out as her morphed into a lauded feature-length documentary.
I had written my final on mysticism and shamanism, complete with illustration and tipped in plates.
No doubt Brenner wishes that the 1990s had never happened, since the economic optimism in that decade seems to make a nonsense of his .
His work combined algebra and combinatorics into the new field of matrix theory.
A few years later, Carnap realized that this was untenable because a phenomenalistic language is insufficient to define physical concepts.
This argument has parallels with Illich's of clinical iatrogenesis and related theories of commerciogenic illness.
She wrote her medical on the preventive approaches she had learned from hydropathists.
I think it takes a combination of growing older and enduring significant objurgation by your advisor and committee to precipitate change.
I was taking it pass-fail, along with a , a graduate course, and an upper level undergraduate course.
Not a single fact in that plagiarised was untrue, a former Campbell acolyte averred in coy defense of his one-time master.
Did you ever consider approaching your linguistics department with a master's solely dedicated to onomatopoeia?
The second option includes writing and presenting an oral defense of a graduate .
The defense is probably just like a more terrifying, more stringent form of orals.
If theology is indeed faith seeking understanding, then Eberhard's charts the way forward toward a new kind of via media.
The author elaborates upon this in five chapters, and the first two add substantively to the debate.
A charming and pleasant man, open and warm, he had been kind enough to read my and like it.
The increasing homogamy of sons and daughters of unskilled workers does not per se contradict the sexual revolution .
The begins by examining the role of technological enthusiasm in the early growth of hot rodding.
She is currently working on her Ph.D. concerning vestimentary body techniques during the Cultural Revolution decade.
This work led to a on algebraic geometry in which he introduced rings which are now named after him.
His is undoubtedly better presented in person rather than in the context of a dry academic paper.
The chapter acknowledges the compelling explanatory power of the declinist .
They operate with so much psychological projection that they would make a great case for a person to use to study for a doctoral !
Now foundationalism is best construed, I think, as a about rational noetic structures.
Alon's idea, which became his master's , was to feed the birds directly, by scattering corn near the lake with a mechanical sower.
Recently a flutter of books have been published in America which advance different variations of this .
Only then does the audience have its brief opportunity to launch incisive ripostes into the heart of the .
This is crucial to our and provides a rationale for our distinct approach to reading the Solomonic narrative.
The soft copy of our eight-page proposal is missing, and I will have to retype it again.
As someone who thought of anti-Americanism as a temporary perturbation, I do think he is massaging the evidence and overstating his a bit.
My Masters , written under the guidance of a neo-Marxist economist, deplored New Zealand's dependence on foreign capital.
His objection to this is that we should reject the relativist's assumption that there is a plurality of mutually untranslatable languages.
A book echoing this wouldn't ordinarily be required reading for a sports fan or anyone else.
In the process, it undermines its own of female empowerment, and is guilty of underutilizing a vast pool of talent.
It's back, therefore, to doing some odd jobs such as emailing people, tidying my pinboard and creating the bibliography for my .
However, this is only sketchily developed, and sometimes defies common sense.
And it also makes me worry, because he was starting his postdoc when I was barely in my lab.
Advanced degree programs include classroom and fieldwork, laboratory research, and a dissertation or .
He continued collecting for several more years, but apparently put off monographic treatment until after his was completed.
There may well have been shortcomings in the doctoral Dr King submitted.
The here proposed is that he was confronted in Galatia with accusations brought against him by some of his own victims.
After submitting a on abelian functions, he received his doctorate in 1895 from the University of Strasbourg.
In his Master's , Shannon showed that these binary digits can be represented by electrical switches.
She was traumatised when her doctoral was failed outright, apparently because one examiner was biased against her.
If the book has a , it is that a functional analyst is an analyst, first and foremost, and not a degenerate species of a topologist.
According to this , there just aren't enough stably employed men in the ghetto for women to marry.
In this work he coined the now familiar term topological algebra but the is memorable in other ways too.
We were to underline the in the first paragraph and put brackets around the topic sentence of each body paragraph.
The aim of the is to produce quantifications of the behaviour of the models.
It was definitely a challenge to find enough time to train, race, and work on my .
Perhaps, too, the came too early to compete against the certainties of the 1960s, and finds a more natural place today.
Few things are a stronger motivation to get your done than an aching back.
There are quotes from him, often obscured by the broadest contours of his myth, which question the consumerist .
Can you identify a clear topic sentence that acts as the paragraph's statement?
The designer, Ruth Gill, created the concept for her master's , and describes it thusly.
Vitalism is opposed to mechanistic materialism and its that life emerges from a complex combination of organic matter.
Elton's stout defence of his parallels the tenacity of his beliefs regarding the practice of history.
Second, as can happen with the forceful statement of any , Oz's argument is subject to a certain one-sidedness, as illustrated by this.
You could, of course, write a about Wodehouse but the endeavour would be like trying to preserve thistledown between sheet glass.
When he was done barraging me with his senior , he left this erudite comment.
His was done on the embryology of the Pycnogonidae, the sea spiders, based on material collected here at Woods Hole.
Then, under the supervision of theological scholar Paul Tillich from Harvard University, she wrote a doctoral .
The propagator of the is the founding editor of an irregularly published journal of socioeconomic commentary.
The or dissertation is your original research written with the guidance of a group of faculty known as your committee.
The writer is an environmental lawyer from Sydney who is currently based in Jakarta writing a doctoral on environmental law in Indonesia.
The was on the theory of probability, and in it he developed the main results of the theory in a rigorous but elementary way.
She submitted a for her habilitation to the University of Berlin but it was not immediately accepted.
If you are a graduate student, you may be moving toward completing your master's or doctoral dissertation.
This work was based on his doctoral and is written in the form of a discussion between a teacher and a group of students.
The synthesis is a previously unrecognized direction that contains elements of both the and antithesis.
And nothing proves my more than comparing Spielberg's movies to the deluge that comes after him.
You feel Mamet is proving a about the white American male and his channelling of sexual insecurity into racial hatred.
For all the narrative time-shifting and interweaving threads, it is brilliantly readable and its central is compelling.
It is a testament to the book's quality that one can disagree with its while thoroughly enjoying its argument and prose.
His doctoral is an important contribution to conformal mappings of multiply connected plane domains.
The title is fashionably silly, in the manner of Flaubert's Parrot, while the subtitle suggests a imperfectly converted into a book.
It was a that chimed in seamlessly with the awakening consciousness of women's liberation.
After receiving his doctorate, Neumann studied for his habilitation and he submitted his to the University of Halle.
She is a perpetual graduate student writing a on the women in the Iliad, and is ludicrously neurotic in every way.
I ask her if she had maybe used another floppy to save her to and she told me no, she took only that one with her.
Kneale's is that hauntings and ghosts are particularly intense phenomena that are literally recorded by matter, by the stone of the room.
It is a case of cutting off one's nose to spite one's face, defending one's at the cost of the matter under investigation.
He presents a powerful counterexample to the that networks are structurally fixed.
The received respectful attention, but it did not win assent or committed followers.
The floating pads, created for a Princeton architecture school , harvest the energy of waves.
In any case, the first gets the lion's share of sustained historical and sociological argument.
But apart from creating suspense, the novel also foregrounds dialogical questions, handling them dialogically rather than propounding any .
Sarah Monette is writing her doctoral on ghosts in English Renaissance revenge tragedy.
Judd's augured the inevitable evolution of Modern art into pure formalism and object-ness.
Such a view reconciles free will not with determinism but with the highly plausible of universal event causation.
Such an strategy might work well for testing a or answering a set of questions.
The validity of this was reinforced when the balds began disappearing as they revegetated under National Park Service management.
My MA was in the same kind of anthropology, although my focussed on Andean archaeology and ethnohistory.
The MP3 format was developed by just one guy for his PhD , with 2 fellows helping him.
I was in the jungle in Mexico, doing my undergraduate on how the Zapotec Indians use plants for medical purposes.
Seven of the fourteen cuts in tutorials have already been made, most significantly as the result of the introduction of a compulsory .
If he were to stay at all true to his , that surely would have been the last we heard of him.
Often the synthesis, though adequately reconciling the previous and antithesis, will turn out to be one-sided in some other respect.
Then, by weighing arguments and applying rules of logic, the and antithesis are united into a synthesis.
This collection consists of two short story manuscripts, a carbon copy of a , and records of thesis-related expenditures.
While at Queen Square he wrote an MD on the radiology of the aqueduct and fourth ventricle.
This aim makes Frege the first to fully develop the main of logicism, that mathematics is reducible to logic.
She's staying with me while she finishes her biochemical engineering on cryogenics.
While researching my MA , I came across one burial whose mandible showed evidence of having worn two labrets during his lifetime.
In his intentions, this running fire of a provocative and fascinating should provoke a healthy optimism.
After writing a on algebraic functions and equations, he worked on space curves.
It is written with a great deal of intellectual grit, and its is developed with considerable lucidity and eloquence.
The subhead and photo caption announce a clear, succinct , one that gets followed through in detail for the next few dozen pages.
Among other results, he classified simply connected Riemannian 3-manifolds of constant curvature in this .
Now, it seems that these two positions, functionalism about truth and Davidson's , are quite compatible.
Back in Berlin he worked on his doctoral on algebraic number theory under Dirichlet's supervision.
Naimark's first work for his candidate's was on the separation of roots of algebraic equations.
Architecture didn't make his list but the notion implemented in our field is worth a thought, or a .
The book's emphasizes the supremacy of air power in shaping the battlefield.
He treated many infectious diseases, including scrub typhus, the subject of his MD .
Sartori's is interesting for theoretical reasons because it recasts the literature on extended deterrence.
There's enough fodder for a whole on journalistic pragmatics lurking in those memos.
Although ingeniously and entertainingly argued with a wealth of detail, the is not conclusively proven.
Dewey emphasized the pragmatist that our actions have a fundamental role in shaping our understanding of the world.
It is her that theory and practice are linked in classical Chinese medicine by the archive of accumulated medical lore.
While it might seem like an eternity for your to be proven, its fruition is often well worth the wait.
The central of the show is that Zappa wasn't a rock'n'roll weirdo with an iconic mustache and soul patch who wrote funny songs, but an honest-to-goodness composer.
Laidler provided a preview of this book's in The Golden Age.
The entailment would exonerate the necessary ambiguity of a satisfactory reason.
Babinski obtained his doctorate with a meticulous on the topography of lesions and their correlation with symptomatology in multiple sclerosis.
Some philosophers say they do not know what the of determinism is.
This development was important because the rule was meant to be invariable, such that it constituted absolutely reliable support for the proving of the proposition.
Reimer supports Rawlyk's idea that Canadian evangelicalism is more irenic than its U.S. counterpart, but calls for real data to support the .
Its got pop culture and a cheeky little without being too serious.
A third controversy concerns attempts to show that even if the dead cannot be harmed, the harm is correct, since death, and some post-mortem events, harm the living.
The was on thermodynamic potential in physics and chemistry and in it he defined the criterion for chemical reactions in terms of free energy.
He attacked a completely new topic to the one he had studied for his doctoral studying the theory of harmonic functions in spaces of constant curvature.
In this he studied the representation of arbitrary functions by the eigenfunctions of partial differential equations and other given sets of functions.
I haven't read her book with the unambiguous title but, as I understand it, her is that women behaving like frat grrrls does not, in fact, engender empowerment.
Her PhD investigated the role of surfactants and emulsions in the petrochemical industry, and detailed the chemical mechanisms involved in road making.
Opponents of the dismiss this identity label as elitist.
And I didn't want my to be entombed on some library shelf.
Even worse, while typographical errors were maintained, a sprinkling of unfounded exaggerations were inserted to strengthen the claims made in the .
The demonstrates the potential of divorce to threaten individual men's exercise of patriarchal authority and their masculine identities in very concrete ways.
To sustain this , this essay explores three interrelated issues.
Lewontin's is that science works only because there are circumscribed areas in which we can make profitable simplifications.
A black leather-bound catches my eye: an MSc dissertation in cognitive behavioural psychotherapy.
Please select the one category below that best describes the overall subject of your dissertation or .
But there can be no complex concepts without simple concepts, and it is to these latter primitive representational structures that the of this paper is meant to apply.
With a degree of divulgence rare in an introduction, Shlaes lays out her .
The broad sweep of The Sleepwalkers seems at first to belie its central .
In your diploma , you repeatedly emphasize that lack of coordination before guest performances often leads to unsatisfactory surtitles.
Her course was a distinguished one, and she graduated in 1871 with a prizewinning .
The main is of two conflicting civilisations, with the West exemplifying economic decline, international recklessness and moral depravity.
If my of the previous section is accepted, this standard analysis understates the dilemma.
You also wrote a about question period, which perhaps we should go back and read again.
Some authors are diffident about their , burying it in a blizzard of qualifications and footnotes.
Nowadays, published are rare and the shakeout they undergo deprive off the reader from a part of the scientific part that is associated.
They learn to argue by setting forth a , then proving its antithesis.
Our basic is that this cyclical bull market has further to run because bull markets do not end at fair value, they end at overvaluation.
He is currently working on a book, based on his doctoral , on aerial visuality and urban representations in interwar Europe.
This gap is to be filled, according to the pessimist, with the general metaphysical of indeterminism.
I suggest the expression moralistic creationism or deistic creationism to describe the of a supernatural origin of morality.
The actual doctoral degree is awarded by the university, following public defence of the .
It was a trial, and a very tough one at that: 33 were left high and dry, with their aggregation and a on their hands.
Isabel is currently staying at home to work on her masters and look after their one-year-old son Gavin.
This is the working hypothesis of Catherine Aventin who, in her , takes on the double task of theorisation and field observation.
So I could complete a licentiate in Theology as well and work towards a on this subject.
One could define it coarsely in terms of satisfaction or truth conditions, but understood in that way the representationalist seems clearly false.
Above all, Mr Purnell's , that Labour led by Mr Brown has little hope of being re-elected, remains unarguable.
In 1853, Charcot successfully defended his doctoral , presenting original work to differentiate the symptoms of gout from chronic rheumatism.
Regulations of The Institute require that candidates for the licentiateship should ultimately be tested on the submission of an approved or research dissertation.
Yet it is crucial that I demonstrate the ability to teach a wide range of courses in order to look employable when I finish my .
The in this case would be that it is more important to get along with one another than to understand one another.
She began her career at CNET in 1969, working in the Bagneux laboratory, where she produced a postgraduate in quantum physics.
The composition is a visualisation of Fludd's central that there is an analogy between microcosm and macrocosm.
Whether you're working on a , crafting your magnum opus or simply playing a game.
When the subject fits in with our current issues and we can guarantee a good mentorship, we are happy to mentor you diploma .
He needed a topic for his while studying for a Master of Arts.
The method Keegan uses to prove his is also interesting.
He wrote his on the topic of fatherhood by comparing two generations of fathers in relation to their children and their spouses.
Zoology at the University of Western Ontario with graduate research concentrated on small mammal population ecology and dynamics.
Our is that the social sciences and humanities are not merely academic pursuits unconnected to the real economy.
The possibility of supervision depends on the subject matter concerned and our supervising availabilities at the time.
I wrote what I saw, gave it to my teacher and suddenly my was submitted to the communist party.
This episode is the first written by Richard Price, and kicks of with a demonstration of the two Americas – a favoured Simon .
The common these days is that the government has near delivered on its promise at a great cost, of course, to its record on human rights.
In addition he pleads that, by reason of the refusal, he has been unable up until now to complete his doctoral .
He had been serving as a Bishop for two years when he submitted his doctoral to the Faculty of Science of Laval University, Quebec City.
Students are also required to write a master's on a topic related to the major chosen.
The is, that this kind of transfer processes of texts is the basis of the development of a number of cultural overlappings.
Yet the experiments give a direction, and it certainly does not support the cyclist's .
The Henri de Lubac Prize is intended to reward the best written in French and presented in a Pontifical University.
Students are expected to write a substantial based on original research.
To reduce the chance of overpaying, Kanko ensures he has an investment that is not shared by others.
These two objectives, far from being contradictory, are in fact mutually reinforcing and consistent with the objective and of this report.
Our has always been to own great assets, in great locations, with great tenants.
Instead, I want to use it to revisit the Shavian that the professional press has a higher claim than bloggers to the First Amendment and its subsidiary protections.
In contrast, central to Vardaman's is the claim that most of these inscriptions were created by the minters and thus reflect official records.
This notion of a complex unity of the book leads us to a second .
Eventually, these hopes were fulfilled, and in 1863 Raoult gained a doctorate from the University of Paris, for a on the electromotive force of voltaic cells.
His doctoral studied orthogonal systems of functions.
Arora, who was awarded a teaching grant at Amherst, created for her piece an installation called Mandir Masjid that echoed the trauma of partition.
Hence, used as a symbol of intellectual life, or a standard of what real intellectualism entails, his obfuscates issues of access, privilege and accountability.
Most mathematicians do not accept the constructivist's .
Unfortunately, the entire of continental drift was also thrown out.
The doctoral of Louis de Broglie was presented which extended the particle-wave duality for light to all particles, in particular to electrons.
This larger study subsequently became the subject of my doctoral .
He is particularly good on the Fischer that was at one time popular, of the war as the outcome of a premeditated program of German expansionism.
There were a bunch of people hanging around the outside of the consultation room, and we all started talking and comparing answers for the questions.
Dr. Emily Nagoski contributed an academically illustrated on the brain science of desire.
Not only do I not classify myself as a birther, I specifically repudiate the birther with two books and the film.
If the book were reducible to a , it might be the simple claim that some things exceed our capacity for comprehension.
This provocative elicits flat denials from both governments.
Opposing either form of reductionism would be the that both species of causation exist but that neither is analysable in terms of the other.
He turned his into the book Geometric Perturbation Theory in Physics on the new developments in differential geometry.
Her doctoral , says Ramin Takloo at the University of Illinois, was simply outstanding.
Even Rachel Maddow, who wrote her doctoral on AIDS reform in prisons, seemed surprised by the seemingly magnanimous move.
Hazel wrote all her work by hand and on Sundays would retreat to the quiet of the nearly empty computer laboratory at Massey University to type up her .
Our research supports the in the draft Communications Bill that localness is one of the most important factors driving local commercial radio.
And given Friedman's , how will we muster the social capital to welcome all these strangers with open arms?
Curiously, he never engages with the central tenet of the .
My master's looks at the careers of Antonio Brico, Margaret Hillis, and Sarah Caldwell, three women conductors whose careers started in the early to mid 20th Century.
Her is merely that free will and determinism are incompatible.
He has recently completed a doctoral at the University of Exeter.
Another chapter is devoted entirely to writing a doctoral .
Such verses often have a pause after the of the second foot also.
The senses of dislocation and loss found when we attempt to narrativise history are embodied in the structure of the creative component of my .
The fact that Keynesian ideas were correct as well as popular simply made my stronger.
We needed Keynesian policies again, which completely ruined my nice rise-and-fall .
The most beguiling aspect of the report was its two-part .
In 1908 Einstein became a lecturer at the University of Bern after submitting his habilitation which followed from the energy distribution law of black bodies.
After the award of her doctorate she earned some money by tutoring but also continued to work hard on her mathematics, continuing to develop the ideas from her .
Note that those like Mack, who can be awarded respect for their hypotheses of documents otherwise unattested, are not at an advantage over our .
Although much of his is useful for analyzing ethnicity and its consequences in Africa, Mwakikagile's book is full of unbacked, unproven assumptions.
Though this record is fun, with some neat twists and turns, it remains unconvincing and sounds too much like a on white funk rather than the real thing.
Such uncritical reasoning, particularly toward the end of his book, where he increasingly focuses on human society, weakens Ryan's overall .
Dalits would like the support to negativist because it ultimately absolves their ideal from neglecting the real interests of his followers.
Atkinson elaborates upon Kirby's by making all of these post-nineteenth-century interpretations into extensions of the via media way of understanding Hooker.
Even older is the that Insular Celtic in its turn has been structurally influenced in its historical development by Hamito-Semitic substrata.
This is hardly the place to rehearse the errors and elisions in his original article, or the way it allows its like a steamroller to flatten the facts.
We belong to the last group: our is that the behavioural changes made necessary by the ecological crisis will be untenable without concern for social justice.
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25 Thesis Statement Examples
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A thesis statement is needed in an essay or dissertation . There are multiple types of thesis statements – but generally we can divide them into expository and argumentative. An expository statement is a statement of fact (common in expository essays and process essays) while an argumentative statement is a statement of opinion (common in argumentative essays and dissertations). Below are examples of each.
Strong Thesis Statement Examples
1. School Uniforms
“Mandatory school uniforms should be implemented in educational institutions as they promote a sense of equality, reduce distractions, and foster a focused and professional learning environment.”
Best For: Argumentative Essay or Debate
Read More: School Uniforms Pros and Cons
2. Nature vs Nurture
“This essay will explore how both genetic inheritance and environmental factors equally contribute to shaping human behavior and personality.”
Best For: Compare and Contrast Essay
Read More: Nature vs Nurture Debate
3. American Dream
“The American Dream, a symbol of opportunity and success, is increasingly elusive in today’s socio-economic landscape, revealing deeper inequalities in society.”
Best For: Persuasive Essay
Read More: What is the American Dream?
4. Social Media
“Social media has revolutionized communication and societal interactions, but it also presents significant challenges related to privacy, mental health, and misinformation.”
Best For: Expository Essay
Read More: The Pros and Cons of Social Media
5. Globalization
“Globalization has created a world more interconnected than ever before, yet it also amplifies economic disparities and cultural homogenization.”
Read More: Globalization Pros and Cons
6. Urbanization
“Urbanization drives economic growth and social development, but it also poses unique challenges in sustainability and quality of life.”
Read More: Learn about Urbanization
7. Immigration
“Immigration enriches receiving countries culturally and economically, outweighing any perceived social or economic burdens.”
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8. Cultural Identity
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✅ Position: If your statement is for an argumentative or persuasive essay, or a dissertation, ensure it takes a clear stance on the topic. ✅ Specificity: It addresses a specific aspect of the topic, providing focus for the essay. ✅ Conciseness: Typically, a thesis statement is one to two sentences long. It should be concise, clear, and easily identifiable. ✅ Direction: The thesis statement guides the direction of the essay, providing a roadmap for the argument, narrative, or explanation. ✅ Evidence-based: While the thesis statement itself doesn’t include evidence, it sets up an argument that can be supported with evidence in the body of the essay. ✅ Placement: Generally, the thesis statement is placed at the end of the introduction of an essay.
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Embarking on academic writing or preparing a pivotal argument for your essay? The heart of your piece lies in its thesis sentence . A succinct, powerful statement, the thesis guides readers, setting the tone for what’s to come. Discover prime examples, expert writing strategies, and invaluable tips to make your thesis stand out in a sea of academic prose.
What is the Thesis Sentence? – Definition
In simple terms, a thesis sentence is a one or two-sentence statement in an essay or research paper that precisely expresses the main idea or argument. It provides readers with an overview of the topic and the author’s stance on it, effectively laying the groundwork for the entire piece.
What is the best Example of a Thesis Sentence?
A standout thesis sentence offers clarity and a definitive perspective. For instance, if writing about the impact of social media on youth, a strong thesis might be: “Social media has a profound, often detrimental, effect on the mental well-being of today’s youth, as evidenced by rising rates of anxiety and decreased attention spans.” This statement not only presents a clear position but also hints at the evidence that the writer might use to support this claim.
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Crafting the ideal thesis sentence can elevate your essay or paper, presenting your argument in a clear and compelling manner. To provide you with inspiration and guidance, we’ve curated a collection of 100 exemplary thesis sentences. These samples, spanning various topics and disciplines, demonstrate the potential of a well-constructed thesis to anchor your work and captivate your audience.
Electric vehicles have the potential to drastically reduce carbon emissions, leading us toward a sustainable future.
Online education offers unparalleled flexibility but lacks the personal touch of traditional classroom settings.
Globalization brings economic growth; however, it also exacerbates income inequalities within countries.
Artificial intelligence poses both opportunities for efficiency and ethical dilemmas in decision-making processes.
Childhood obesity is a growing concern, directly linked to sedentary lifestyles and processed food consumption.
Mental health awareness needs greater emphasis in schools to combat rising cases of student depression.
Space exploration provides not just scientific advancement but also unifies humanity in exploration.
Modern architecture reflects a blend of functionality and aesthetics, representing societal values.
Organic farming promises a sustainable solution to the environmental crises caused by conventional agricultural practices.
Music therapy can play a pivotal role in the rehabilitation of patients with neurological disorders.
Virtual reality transforms not only gaming but also medical training and therapy.
Renewable energy sources are the key to addressing the looming global energy crisis.
Animal testing is an ethically contentious issue, with alternatives emerging in recent scientific advancements.
Social media platforms influence public opinion more powerfully than traditional media.
Remote work culture has its merits in work-life balance but can erode team cohesion.
Digital currencies represent the future of trade, though they introduce new regulatory challenges.
Youth sports contribute not only to physical health but also to discipline and teamwork skills.
Urban green spaces are essential for mental health, biodiversity, and counteracting pollution in cities.
E-commerce has revolutionized shopping, yet it poses challenges to brick-and-mortar stores and local economies.
Cultural exchange programs promote global unity and understanding, dismantling stereotypes.
Preservation of indigenous languages is crucial for maintaining cultural heritage and diversity.
The gig economy provides flexibility for workers but often lacks job security and benefits.
Online privacy is endangered by the rise of data breaches and surveillance capitalism.
Children’s exposure to screens impacts cognitive development and necessitates stricter parental controls.
Nuclear energy remains a double-edged sword: a potent energy source but with disposal concerns.
Modern tourism threatens historical sites but boosts local economies.
Adopting pets from shelters can help reduce the stray animal crisis and promotes humane treatment.
Mindfulness meditation reduces stress levels and has potential applications in clinical therapy.
Fast fashion contributes to environmental degradation, advocating for sustainable consumption.
Artificial sweeteners , while calorie-free, may have unforeseen health impacts.
Urban farming holds the promise of food sustainability in densely populated cities.
Mandatory voting laws could increase political participation but question voluntary democratic engagement.
Homeschooling offers personalized education but might limit social interactions.
Antibiotic resistance is a burgeoning global crisis spurred by over-prescription and misuse.
Gender-neutral parenting challenges traditional norms and fosters an inclusive environment.
Augmented reality will reshape education, making it more interactive and immersive.
Binge-watching culture is reshaping entertainment consumption and impacts mental health.
Marine conservation zones protect biodiversity and ensure sustainable fishing practices.
Intermittent fasting has health benefits beyond weight loss, including cognitive and cardiac improvements.
Digital detox retreats answer the modern need to disconnect and recharge mentally.
Museums in the digital age must evolve to remain relevant and engage younger generations.
Public transport investments reduce urban congestion and carbon footprints.
Plant-based diets mitigate environmental degradation and promote holistic health.
Consumer data collection straddles the line between business intelligence and privacy invasion.
Urban vertical gardens can revolutionize urban agriculture and combat pollution.
Telemedicine is revolutionizing healthcare access, especially in remote areas.
Biodegradable packaging is the future of sustainability in the retail industry.
Microfinancing empowers grassroots entrepreneurs, especially in developing countries.
Language learning apps are democratizing education but cannot replace traditional methods entirely.
Carpooling and ride-sharing reduce urban emissions and promote a shared economy.
Theaters in the digital age face challenges from streaming platforms but offer a unique experience.
3D printing will revolutionize manufacturing, reducing waste and speeding production.
Sleep’s role is underestimated in cognitive function and overall health.
Ocean cleanup initiatives combat the plastic crisis but require global cooperation.
Gamified learning platforms enhance student engagement and retention.
Blockchain technology offers secure data management but is energy-consuming and requires widespread adoption.
Historical fiction novels blend factual events with imaginative storytelling, enhancing both education and entertainment.
Zero waste initiatives promote sustainable living, combating the throwaway culture of modern society.
Telecommuting benefits the environment and worker satisfaction, but challenges team dynamics.
Green architecture is the intersection of design and sustainability, making it vital for future urban planning.
Astronomical tourism opens the wonders of the universe but requires careful management to protect natural nightscapes.
The rise of abooks redefines reading, making literature accessible in our multitasking age.
Gene editing techniques hold promise for medical breakthroughs, yet they introduce ethical dilemmas.
Agroforestry practices enhance biodiversity, soil health, and offer economic benefits to farmers.
Veganism goes beyond diet; it’s an ethical stance against animal exploitation.
Cloud computing streamlines data storage but introduces security concerns.
Holistic medicine integrates mind and body healing, challenging conventional medical paradigms.
Subscription-based business models resonate with modern consumers, ensuring steady revenue for businesses.
Cultural immersion travel deepens understanding, combating shallow tourist experiences.
Biometrics is revolutionizing security, yet poses personal privacy risks.
Freelance economies offer freedom and flexibility, contrasting the stability of traditional job markets.
Biodiversity conservation is essential for ecosystem stability and the survival of humanity.
Mental health days acknowledge the importance of psychological well-being in the workplace.
Solar power technology is rapidly advancing, making it a feasible replacement for fossil fuels.
Civic education is crucial in fostering informed and active citizens in democracies.
Edible insect consumption addresses food sustainability and introduces new culinary experiences.
Urban beekeeping supports declining bee populations and promotes local food production.
Mobile health apps enhance personal health management but require stringent data protection measures.
Trade school education is equally valuable as traditional college degrees, offering practical skills.
Elderly care robots alleviate human caregiver burdens but prompt questions about emotional connections.
Second language acquisition enriches cognitive abilities and cultural understanding.
Craftsmanship in the digital age celebrates hands-on creation amidst automated mass production.
Ocean wave energy conversion is a promising, untapped sustainable energy resource.
Diverse representation in media is essential for societal inclusivity and combating stereotypes.
Microplastics in water sources pose severe environmental and health concerns.
Fair trade products support ethical consumerism and uplift marginalized producers.
Biophilic design in offices boosts worker productivity and well-being.
Rainwater harvesting is a sustainable solution to global water scarcity issues.
Paperless offices reduce environmental impact and increase organizational efficiency.
Drama therapy offers transformative healing, using performance as a therapeutic tool.
Ethical AI development balances technological advancement with humane considerations.
Micro-adventures encourage local exploration, redefining the concept of travel.
Refurbishing old buildings preserves historical heritage and is environmentally responsible.
Inclusive toy designs reflect diverse societies, promoting acceptance from a young age.
Afforestation projects combat deforestation, sequester carbon, and restore habitats.
Thesis Sentence Examples for Essay
Crafting an engaging thesis statement for an essay is crucial. It provides clarity, introduces the main topic, and sets the essay’s tone. This concise yet impactful statement is what keeps readers invested, guiding them through the content.
Digital currencies have revolutionized the global financial system, making transactions more transparent.
Remote working is a viable alternative to traditional office environments, promoting flexibility.
Ancient civilizations left imprints on modern cultures, influencing art, politics, and philosophy.
E-learning platforms provide democratized education, making knowledge accessible to all.
Artificial intelligence is redefining industries, enhancing efficiency, and customer experiences.
Organic farming supports sustainable agriculture, providing healthier produce options.
Sports and physical activities contribute to improved mental health and overall well-being.
Alternative energy sources are the key to addressing global warming and ensuring sustainable energy.
The role of media is pivotal in shaping public opinion, especially in this digital age.
Thesis Sentence Examples for High School
High school essays require precise thesis statements, laying the foundation for budding scholars to express their arguments. A strong thesis guides readers, ensuring they grasp the main idea being conveyed.
Uniforms in schools promote equality among students, reducing social discriminations.
Extracurricular activities enhance the overall development of high school students.
Advanced technology has reshaped classroom dynamics, promoting interactive learning.
Peer pressure in high schools plays a significant role in shaping teenagers’ personalities.
Summer vacations provide students with a break, enhancing productivity during academic years.
Counseling sessions in schools benefit students, addressing their emotional and academic needs.
School libraries encourage reading habits, supporting comprehensive learning.
Health education should be a mandatory part of the high school curriculum.
Kickstarting an essay with a compelling thesis statement ensures the reader’s instant engagement. These starter thesis examples set the stage for detailed arguments and discussions.
Given the rising pollution, eco-friendly vehicles are the need of the hour.
In the realm of literature, Shakespeare’s works stand unmatched in their depth.
Considering the health benefits, regular exercise should be a daily routine for everyone.
Amidst technological advancements, preserving privacy is paramount.
With the surge in online communication, face-to-face interactions remain invaluable.
Observing the economic patterns, sustainable business models prove more beneficial long-term.
Facing the challenge of global warming, renewable energy sources become indispensable.
Through centuries of art evolution, Renaissance art holds a special place in history.
Given the prevalence of mental health issues, therapy and counseling are essential services.
In light of recent events, community building becomes vital for societal progress.
How do you start a thesis sentence?
A thesis sentence serves as the cornerstone of an essay, offering a concise summary of the main idea or claim. Crafting an impactful thesis sentence requires precision and clarity. Here’s a step-by-step guide to help you start:
Understand the Question: Before diving in, understand the essay prompt or research question thoroughly. Knowing the question helps you tailor the thesis effectively.
Brainstorm: Jot down initial ideas that come to mind. This rough list can be refined later.
Narrow Down: Ensure your thesis focuses on a specific aspect instead of being overly broad. For instance, instead of “Eating vegetables is good,” specify why and how, like “Eating leafy greens aids digestion due to their high fiber content.”
Take a Stand: A thesis isn’t just a statement; it often presents an argument. Make sure you’re presenting a perspective or an opinion.
Be Clear and Concise: Avoid jargon and complicated sentences. Keep it direct and to the point.
Avoid Clichés and Generalizations: Using worn-out phrases or overly generalized statements weakens your thesis.
Ensure it’s Debatable: An effective thesis often presents an argument that could be challenged. For instance, “Social media affects mental health” is more debatable than “The earth revolves around the sun.”
Revise and Refine: After drafting, revisit your thesis. Can it be clearer or more concise? Does it thoroughly represent what your essay will discuss?
Seek Feedback: Sharing your thesis with peers or mentors can provide valuable insights.
Position Appropriately: Typically, the thesis is placed at the end of the introduction, setting the stage for the rest of the essay.
What is a thesis sentence in an essay?
A thesis sentence, often referred to as a thesis statement, is a single sentence in an essay (usually appearing in the introduction) that encapsulates the essay’s main idea, argument, or focus. It offers readers a lens through which they can understand the purpose and direction of the essay.
Characteristics of a Thesis Sentence:
Specificity: It pinpoints the main topic of your essay, avoiding vague generalizations.
Assertiveness: It takes a clear stance or position on the topic.
Relevance: It sets the tone and direction for the entire essay, ensuring that readers know what to expect.
Debatable Nature: Good thesis sentences can be argued, offering a perspective or viewpoint on a subject.
Clarity: It’s articulated in clear and straightforward language.
Conciseness: It’s typically just one or two sentences long, no matter how complex the topic might be.
Guide for the Reader: Think of it as a map or guidepost for your readers, giving them a clear idea of what the essay will discuss.
For instance, in an essay about the effects of technology on communication, a thesis sentence might be, “While modern technology has many benefits, its overuse has led to decreased face-to-face communication, leading to feelings of isolation in individuals.” This statement provides a clear position and direction for the essay.
How do you write a Thesis Sentence? – Step by Step Guide
Crafting a compelling thesis sentence is crucial, as it sets the tone and direction for the entirety of your essay or research paper. Here’s a step-by-step guide to ensure your thesis sentence is effective and impactful:
Research Your Topic: Before you can form an opinion or argument, you need to have a clear understanding of your topic. Dive into trusted resources and gather information.
Understand the Prompt: If you’re writing an essay based on a prompt, make sure you fully grasp what’s being asked.
Brainstorm Ideas: Note down any thoughts, perspectives, or arguments related to your topic. This brainstorming can form the foundation of your thesis.
Narrow Your Focus: A good thesis is specific and to the point. Narrow down your topic to a specific aspect that you want to focus on.
Formulate an Opinion: Your thesis should not just state a fact. It should convey an opinion or take a stance on an issue.
Use Clear and Concise Language: Avoid complex jargon or overly long sentences. Your thesis should be understandable to a broad audience.
Ensure It’s Debatable: Your thesis should present a claim or argument that others could reasonably dispute.
Position Properly: Typically, your thesis sentence should be placed at the end of your essay’s introductory paragraph.
Revise and Refine: Don’t hesitate to revisit and tweak your thesis as your essay evolves. Sometimes, as you write and explore your topic further, your thesis might need adjustment.
Seek Feedback: Have peers or instructors review your thesis sentence. They might offer invaluable insights or ways to strengthen it.
Tips for Using Thesis Sentences
Stay Consistent: Ensure that your essay remains consistent with your thesis. Each paragraph should contribute to or elaborate on the argument or claim you’ve made.
Avoid Generalizations: Phrases like “Everyone knows,” “Since the beginning of time,” or “All people think” tend to weaken your thesis. Stick to specifics.
Steer Clear of Clichés: Originality strengthens your thesis. Relying on clichéd phrases or ideas can dilute its impact.
Stay Flexible: As you delve deeper into writing your essay, you might find more relevant points that can make your thesis even stronger. Don’t be rigid; be ready to adjust your thesis if needed.
Use Strong Language: Words like “might,” “maybe,” “perhaps,” can make your thesis sound uncertain. Choose assertive language to convey confidence in your argument.
Support Your Thesis: Throughout your essay, continuously provide evidence and examples that back up the claim made in your thesis.
Reiterate Your Thesis: In your conclusion, restate your thesis (though not verbatim) to remind readers of your main argument as you wrap up your essay.
Remember, your thesis sentence is the backbone of your essay. It sets the tone, direction, and foundation upon which the rest of your arguments and points will be built. Crafting it with care will set the stage for a compelling and well-structured essay.
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The Thesis Sentence
The thesis sentence is arguably the most important sentence in an academic paper. Without a good, clear thesis that presents an intriguing arguable point, a paper risks becoming unfocused, aimless, not worth the reader's time.
The Challenge of the Thesis Sentence
Because the thesis sentence is the most important sentence of a paper, it is also the most difficult to write. Readers expect a great deal of a thesis sentence: they want it to powerfully and clearly indicate what the writer is going to say, why she is going to say it, and even how it is that she is going to go about getting it said. In other words, the job of the thesis sentence is to organize, predict, control, and define the paper's argument.
In many cases, a thesis sentence will not only present the paper's argument, it will also point to and direct the course that the argument is going to take. In other words, it may also include an "essay map" - i.e., phrases or clauses that map out for the reader (and the writer) the argument that is to come. In some cases, then, the thesis sentence not only promises an argument, it promises the structure of that argument as well.
The promises that a thesis sentence makes to a reader are important ones and must be kept. It's helpful sometimes to explain the thesis as a kind of contract between reader and writer: if this contract is broken, the reader will feel frustrated and betrayed. Accordingly, the writer must be very careful in the development of the thesis.
Working on the Thesis Sentence
Chances are if you've had trouble following or deciphering the argument of a paper, there's a problem with the thesis. If a tutor's first response to a paper is that he doesn't know what the paper is about, then the thesis sentence is either absent from the paper, or it's hiding. The first thing you might wish to do is to ask the writer what his thesis is. He may point to a particular sentence that he thinks is his thesis, giving you a very good place to start.
Let's say that you've read a paper in which you've encountered this thesis:
Although heterosexuality has long been regarded as the only natural expression of sexuality, this view has been recently and strongly challenged by the gay rights movement.
What's wrong with this sentence? Many things, the most troublesome of which is that it argues nothing. Who is going to deny that the heteronormative view has been challenged by the gay rights movement? At this point, you need to ask the writer some questions. In what specific ways has the gay rights movement challenged heterosexuality? Do these ways seem reasonable to the writer? Why or why not? What argument does he intend to make about this topic? Why does he want to make it? To whom does he want to make it?
After giving the writer some time to think about and talk about these questions, you'll probably want to bring up another problem that is certain to arise out of a thesis like this one: the matter of structure. Any paper that follows a thesis like this one is likely to ramble. How can the reader figure out what all the supporting paragraphs are doing when the argument itself is so ill-defined? You'll want to show the writer that a strong thesis suggests - even helps to create - strong topic sentences. (More on this when we consider matters of structure, below).
But before we move on to other matters, let's consider the problem of this thesis from another angle: its style. We can see without difficulty that the sentence presents us with at least two stylistic problems: 1) this thesis, which should be the most powerful sentence of the paper, employs the passive voice, and 2) the introductory clause functions as a dangling modifier (who regards heterosexuality as the only natural way to express sexuality?).
Both stylistic problems point to something at work in the sentence: the writer obliterates the actors - heterosexuals and homosexuals alike - by using the dangling modifier and the passive voice. Why does he do that? Is he avoiding naming the actors in these sentences because he's not comfortable with the positions they take? Is he unable to declare himself because he feels paralyzed by the sense that he must write a paper that is politically correct? Or does he obliterate the actors with the passive voice because he himself wishes to remain passive on this topic?
These are questions to pose to the writer, though they must be posed gently. In fact, you might gently pose these questions via a discussion of style. For instance, you might also suggest that the writer rewrite the sentence in the active voice:
Although our society has long regarded heterosexuality as the only natural expression of sexuality, members of the gay rights movement have challenged this view strongly.
This active construction helps us to see clearly what's missing:
Although our society has long regarded heterosexuality as the only natural expression of sexuality, members of the gay rights movement have challenged this view strongly, arguing XYZ.
This more active construction also makes it clear that merely enumerating the points the author wants to make is not the same thing as creating an argument. The writer should now be able to see that he needs to go one step further - he needs to reveal his own position on the gay rights movement. The rest of the paper will develop this position.
In short, there are many ways to begin work on a writer's thesis sentences. Almost all of them will lead you to other matters important to the paper's success: its structure, its language, its style. Try to make any conversation you have about thesis sentences point to other problems with the writing. Not only is this strategy efficient, but it also encourages a writer to see how important a thesis is to the overall success of his essay.
Talking Your Way to a Workable Thesis
For the sake of making (we hope) a somewhat humorous illustration of the matter at hand, we offer the following scenario, which shows how tutor and tutee can talk their way to a workable thesis - and, indeed, to a good essay. So sit back, and enjoy this "break" in your training.
Imagine (though it is indeed quite a stretch) that a freshman composition teacher has the audacity to assign a paper on cats (the animals, not the play). The students may write any kind of paper they like - narration, description, compare/contrast, etc. - as long as their essays contain a thesis (that is, that they argue some point) concerning cats. A writer comes to you for help in developing her thesis. You read the assignment, and then you tell the writer that she first must choose the kind of paper she would like to do. She decides to do a narrative because she thinks she has more freedom in the narrative form. Then you ask her what she has to say about cats. "I don't like them," is her reply.
"OK," you say, "that's a start. Why don't you like them?" The writer has lots of reasons: they smell, they're aloof, they shed, they keep you up nights when they're in heat, they're very middle class, they steal food off of the table, they don't get along with dogs (the writer loves dogs), and on, and on. After brainstorming for a while, you tell the writer to choose a few points on which she'd like to focus - preferably those points that she feels strongly about or those which seem unusual. She picks three: cats smell, they steal food, and they are middle class. She offers her thesis: "I don't like cats because they are smelly, thieving, and middle class."
"O.K.," you say, "It's not a very sophisticated thesis but we can use it for now. After all, it defines your stance, it controls your subject, it organizes your argument, and it predicts your strategy - all the things that a thesis ought to do. Now let's consider how to develop the thesis, point by point."
You begin to ask questions about cats and their smell. "What do they smell like?" you say. The writer thinks awhile, and then says, "They smell like dirty gym shorts, like old hamburgers, like my eighth-grade math teacher's breath." The writer laughs, particularly fond of the final simile. Then she adds, "My boyfriend has a cat. A Tom. When he moved into his first apartment, that cat sprayed all over the place, you know, marking his territory. The place stunk so bad that I couldn't even go there for a week. Can you imagine? Your boyfriend gets his first apartment, and you can't even go in the place for a week?"
The writer has sparked your imagination; you think that she can spark her teacher's imagination as well. "Why don't you do your narrative about your boyfriend's cat? You could tell the story - or you could make up a story - about going over there for dinner, hoping for a romantic evening, and being put off by the cat." The writer likes this idea and goes off to write her draft. She returns with the following story about her boyfriend and his cat.
She was hoping for a romantic dinner; he was making her favorite meal. She could smell the T-bone and the apple pie before she even got to his door. But when she opened the door, her appetite was obliterated: the smell of cat spray smelled worse than her eighth-grade math teacher's breath. Of course, because she remained hopeful for a romantic evening, she put on her best face, tried not to grimace, and gave her boyfriend the flowers she'd picked up on the way. They chat; everything is going fine; he goes to the kitchen to check on dinner; she hears his shriek. The cat has stolen all of the food! Upon searching, they find the cat under the sofa, not only with their dinner, but with the writer's wallet, her favorite picture of her mom torn in half, her new leather jacket now full of cat hairs. This cat not only stinks, he's a thief as well. Still, the evening need not be a total waste. They order pizza, have some wine. She and her man talk; their moods improve, and she decides that it might be a nice time to kiss. She pulls the old yawn trick to get her arm around him, and just as she's ready to kiss him the cat jumps into his lap. "Oh, Pookie, Pookie, Pookie," her boyfriend says, giving himself over to the purring cat. "Damn lap cat," the writer says to herself, and leaves it at that. She has written a paper illustrating that cats are smelly, thieving, and middle class. She has fulfilled her thesis.
Now, you like this paper. It's got a great voice, and it's got humor. You feel, however, that the writer should refine the thesis. It has served the writer well in helping her to organize, control, predict, and define her essay; however, she needs now to consider how to choose words and a tone which will hook the reader and reel him in. You explain to the writer that her thesis can be humorous, that she can feel free to be extreme, because a funny, exaggerated thesis would suit this funny, exaggerated paper.
After some doodling and some dialogue, the writer comes up with the following thesis: "All cats should be exterminated because they are the stinking, kleptomaniacal darlings of the bourgeoisie." You laugh; you like it. Moreover, the thesis has given the writer an ending for her essay: she exterminates the cat in her boyfriend's microwave, convinces him to get a goldfish instead, and the two of them live happily ever after. The writer is happy. The tutor is happy. The paper works.
While you will likely not encounter a "cat" assignment at Dartmouth, this sort of experience with writing a thesis is a common one. Even when papers are more sophisticated than this one - even when the subject is Hitler's rise to power, or Freud's treatment of taboo - writers will often write a working thesis, one that guides them through the writing process. Then they will return to the thesis, sometimes several times before their paper is finished, revising it to better fit their paper's increasingly refined argument and tone.
Polishing the Thesis Sentence
Look at the sentence's structure. Is the main idea of the paper placed appropriately in the main clause? If there are parallel points made in the paper, does the thesis sentence signal this to the reader via some parallel structure? If the paper makes an interesting but necessary aside, is that aside predicted - perhaps in a parenthetical element? Remember: the structure of the thesis sentence also signals much to the reader about the structure of the argument. Be sure that the thesis reflects, reliably, what the paper itself is going to say.
As to the style of the sentence: hold the thesis sentence to the highest stylistic standards. Help a writer to make sure that it is as clear and concise as it can be, and that its language and phrasing reflect confidence, eloquence, and grace.
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How to Write a Thesis Statement | 4 Steps & Examples
How to Write a Thesis Statement | 4 Steps & Examples
Published on January 11, 2019 by Shona McCombes . Revised on August 15, 2023 by Eoghan Ryan.
A thesis statement is a sentence that sums up the central point of your paper or essay . It usually comes near the end of your introduction .
Your thesis will look a bit different depending on the type of essay you’re writing. But the thesis statement should always clearly state the main idea you want to get across. Everything else in your essay should relate back to this idea.
You can write your thesis statement by following four simple steps:
Start with a question
Write your initial answer
Develop your answer
Refine your thesis statement
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A thesis statement summarizes the central points of your essay. It is a signpost telling the reader what the essay will argue and why.
The best thesis statements are:
Concise: A good thesis statement is short and sweet—don’t use more words than necessary. State your point clearly and directly in one or two sentences.
Contentious: Your thesis shouldn’t be a simple statement of fact that everyone already knows. A good thesis statement is a claim that requires further evidence or analysis to back it up.
Coherent: Everything mentioned in your thesis statement must be supported and explained in the rest of your paper.
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The thesis statement generally appears at the end of your essay introduction or research paper introduction .
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You should come up with an initial thesis, sometimes called a working thesis , early in the writing process . As soon as you’ve decided on your essay topic , you need to work out what you want to say about it—a clear thesis will give your essay direction and structure.
You might already have a question in your assignment, but if not, try to come up with your own. What would you like to find out or decide about your topic?
For example, you might ask:
After some initial research, you can formulate a tentative answer to this question. At this stage it can be simple, and it should guide the research process and writing process .
Now you need to consider why this is your answer and how you will convince your reader to agree with you. As you read more about your topic and begin writing, your answer should get more detailed.
In your essay about the internet and education, the thesis states your position and sketches out the key arguments you’ll use to support it.
The negatives of internet use are outweighed by its many benefits for education because it facilitates easier access to information.
In your essay about braille, the thesis statement summarizes the key historical development that you’ll explain.
The invention of braille in the 19th century transformed the lives of blind people, allowing them to participate more actively in public life.
A strong thesis statement should tell the reader:
Why you hold this position
What they’ll learn from your essay
The key points of your argument or narrative
The final thesis statement doesn’t just state your position, but summarizes your overall argument or the entire topic you’re going to explain. To strengthen a weak thesis statement, it can help to consider the broader context of your topic.
These examples are more specific and show that you’ll explore your topic in depth.
Your thesis statement should match the goals of your essay, which vary depending on the type of essay you’re writing:
In an argumentative essay , your thesis statement should take a strong position. Your aim in the essay is to convince your reader of this thesis based on evidence and logical reasoning.
In an expository essay , you’ll aim to explain the facts of a topic or process. Your thesis statement doesn’t have to include a strong opinion in this case, but it should clearly state the central point you want to make, and mention the key elements you’ll explain.
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A thesis statement is a sentence that sums up the central point of your paper or essay . Everything else you write should relate to this key idea.
The thesis statement is essential in any academic essay or research paper for two main reasons:
It gives your writing direction and focus.
It gives the reader a concise summary of your main point.
Without a clear thesis statement, an essay can end up rambling and unfocused, leaving your reader unsure of exactly what you want to say.
Follow these four steps to come up with a thesis statement :
Ask a question about your topic .
Write your initial answer.
Develop your answer by including reasons.
Refine your answer, adding more detail and nuance.
The thesis statement should be placed at the end of your essay introduction .
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What is a thesis statement?
Is a thesis statement a question, how do you write a good thesis statement, how do i know if my thesis statement is good, examples of thesis statements, helpful resources on how to write a thesis statement, frequently asked questions about writing a thesis statement, related articles.
A thesis statement is the main argument of your paper or thesis.
The thesis statement is one of the most important elements of any piece of academic writing . It is a brief statement of your paper’s main argument. Essentially, you are stating what you will be writing about.
You can see your thesis statement as an answer to a question. While it also contains the question, it should really give an answer to the question with new information and not just restate or reiterate it.
Your thesis statement is part of your introduction. Learn more about how to write a good thesis introduction in our introduction guide .
A thesis statement is not a question. A statement must be arguable and provable through evidence and analysis. While your thesis might stem from a research question, it should be in the form of a statement.
Tip: A thesis statement is typically 1-2 sentences. For a longer project like a thesis, the statement may be several sentences or a paragraph.
A good thesis statement needs to do the following:
Condense the main idea of your thesis into one or two sentences.
Answer your project’s main research question.
Clearly state your position in relation to the topic .
Make an argument that requires support or evidence.
Once you have written down a thesis statement, check if it fulfills the following criteria:
Your statement needs to be provable by evidence. As an argument, a thesis statement needs to be debatable.
Your statement needs to be precise. Do not give away too much information in the thesis statement and do not load it with unnecessary information.
Your statement cannot say that one solution is simply right or simply wrong as a matter of fact. You should draw upon verified facts to persuade the reader of your solution, but you cannot just declare something as right or wrong.
As previously mentioned, your thesis statement should answer a question.
If the question is:
What do you think the City of New York should do to reduce traffic congestion?
A good thesis statement restates the question and answers it:
In this paper, I will argue that the City of New York should focus on providing exclusive lanes for public transport and adaptive traffic signals to reduce traffic congestion by the year 2035.
Here is another example. If the question is:
How can we end poverty?
A good thesis statement should give more than one solution to the problem in question:
In this paper, I will argue that introducing universal basic income can help reduce poverty and positively impact the way we work.
The Writing Center of the University of North Carolina has a list of questions to ask to see if your thesis is strong .
A thesis statement is part of the introduction of your paper. It is usually found in the first or second paragraph to let the reader know your research purpose from the beginning.
In general, a thesis statement should have one or two sentences. But the length really depends on the overall length of your project. Take a look at our guide about the length of thesis statements for more insight on this topic.
Here is a list of Thesis Statement Examples that will help you understand better how to write them.
Every good essay should include a thesis statement as part of its introduction, no matter the academic level. Of course, if you are a high school student you are not expected to have the same type of thesis as a PhD student.
Here is a great YouTube tutorial showing How To Write An Essay: Thesis Statements .
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When you set out to write an essay, there has to be some kind of point to it, right? Otherwise, your essay would just be a big jumble of word salad that makes absolutely no sense. An essay needs a central point that ties into everything else. That main point is called a thesis statement, and it’s the core of any essay or research paper.
You may hear about Master degree candidates writing a thesis, and that is an entire paper–not to be confused with the thesis statement, which is typically one sentence that contains your paper’s focus.
Read on to learn more about thesis statements and how to write them. We’ve also included some solid examples for you to reference.
Typically the last sentence of your introductory paragraph, the thesis statement serves as the roadmap for your essay. When your reader gets to the thesis statement, they should have a clear outline of your main point, as well as the information you’ll be presenting in order to either prove or support your point.
The thesis statement should not be confused for a topic sentence , which is the first sentence of every paragraph in your essay. If you need help writing topic sentences, numerous resources are available. Topic sentences should go along with your thesis statement, though.
Since the thesis statement is the most important sentence of your entire essay or paper, it’s imperative that you get this part right. Otherwise, your paper will not have a good flow and will seem disjointed. That’s why it’s vital not to rush through developing one. It’s a methodical process with steps that you need to follow in order to create the best thesis statement possible.
Step 1: Decide what kind of paper you’re writing
When you’re assigned an essay, there are several different types you may get. Argumentative essays are designed to get the reader to agree with you on a topic. Informative or expository essays present information to the reader. Analytical essays offer up a point and then expand on it by analyzing relevant information. Thesis statements can look and sound different based on the type of paper you’re writing. For example:
Argumentative: The United States needs a viable third political party to decrease bipartisanship, increase options, and help reduce corruption in government.
Informative: The Libertarian party has thrown off elections before by gaining enough support in states to get on the ballot and by taking away crucial votes from candidates.
Analytical: An analysis of past presidential elections shows that while third party votes may have been the minority, they did affect the outcome of the elections in 2020, 2016, and beyond.
Step 2: Figure out what point you want to make
Once you know what type of paper you’re writing, you then need to figure out the point you want to make with your thesis statement, and subsequently, your paper. In other words, you need to decide to answer a question about something, such as:
What impact did reality TV have on American society?
How has the musical Hamilton affected perception of American history?
Why do I want to major in [chosen major here]?
If you have an argumentative essay, then you will be writing about an opinion. To make it easier, you may want to choose an opinion that you feel passionate about so that you’re writing about something that interests you. For example, if you have an interest in preserving the environment, you may want to choose a topic that relates to that.
If you’re writing your college essay and they ask why you want to attend that school, you may want to have a main point and back it up with information, something along the lines of:
“Attending Harvard University would benefit me both academically and professionally, as it would give me a strong knowledge base upon which to build my career, develop my network, and hopefully give me an advantage in my chosen field.”
Step 3: Determine what information you’ll use to back up your point
Once you have the point you want to make, you need to figure out how you plan to back it up throughout the rest of your essay. Without this information, it will be hard to either prove or argue the main point of your thesis statement. If you decide to write about the Hamilton example, you may decide to address any falsehoods that the writer put into the musical, such as:
“The musical Hamilton, while accurate in many ways, leaves out key parts of American history, presents a nationalist view of founding fathers, and downplays the racism of the times.”
Once you’ve written your initial working thesis statement, you’ll then need to get information to back that up. For example, the musical completely leaves out Benjamin Franklin, portrays the founding fathers in a nationalist way that is too complimentary, and shows Hamilton as a staunch abolitionist despite the fact that his family likely did own slaves.
Step 4: Revise and refine your thesis statement before you start writing
Read through your thesis statement several times before you begin to compose your full essay. You need to make sure the statement is ironclad, since it is the foundation of the entire paper. Edit it or have a peer review it for you to make sure everything makes sense and that you feel like you can truly write a paper on the topic. Once you’ve done that, you can then begin writing your paper.
When writing a thesis statement, there are some common pitfalls you should avoid so that your paper can be as solid as possible. Make sure you always edit the thesis statement before you do anything else. You also want to ensure that the thesis statement is clear and concise. Don’t make your reader hunt for your point. Finally, put your thesis statement at the end of the first paragraph and have your introduction flow toward that statement. Your reader will expect to find your statement in its traditional spot.
If you’re having trouble getting started, or need some guidance on your essay, there are tools available that can help you. CollegeVine offers a free peer essay review tool where one of your peers can read through your essay and provide you with valuable feedback. Getting essay feedback from a peer can help you wow your instructor or college admissions officer with an impactful essay that effectively illustrates your point.
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How To Write A Strong Thesis Statement
A thesis statement is the most important part of an essay. It’s the roadmap, telling the reader what they can expect to read in the rest of paper, setting the tone for the writing, and generally providing a sense of the main idea.
Because it is so important, writing a good thesis statement can be tricky.
Before we get into the specifics, let’s review the basics: what thesis statement means. Thesis is a fancy word for “the subject of an essay” or “a position in a debate.” And a statement , simply, is a sentence (or a couple of sentences).
Taken together, a thesis statement explains your subject or position in a sentence (or a couple of sentences). Depending on the kind of essay you’re writing, you’ll need to make sure that your thesis statement states your subject or position clearly.
While the phrase thesis statement can sound intimidating, the basic goal is to clearly state your topic or your argument . Easy peasy!
The basic rules for writing a thesis statement are:
State the topic or present your argument.
Summarize the main idea of each of your details and/or body paragraphs.
Keep your statement to one to two sentences.
Now comes the good stuff: the breakdown of how to write a good thesis statement for an informational essay and then for an argumentative essay (Yes, there are different types of thesis statements: check them all out here ). While the approach is similar for each, they require slightly different statements.
Informational essay thesis statements
The objective of an informational essay is to inform your audience about a specific topic. Sometimes, your essay will be in response to a specific question. Other times, you will be given a subject to write about more generally.
In an informational essay , you are not arguing for one side of an argument, you are just providing information.
Essays that are responding to a question
Often, you will be provided with a question to respond to in informational essay form. For example:
Who is your hero and why?
How do scientists research the effects of zero gravity on plants?
What are the three branches of government, and what do each of them do?
If you are given a question or prompt, use it as a starting point for your thesis statement. Remember, the goal of a thesis statement in an informational essay is to state your topic.
You can use some of the same vocabulary and structure from the questions to create a thesis statement. Drop the question words (like who , what , when , where , and why ). Then, use the keywords in the question or prompt to start your thesis statement. Be sure to include because if the question asks “why?”
Check out the following example using the first prompt:
Original question : Who is your hero and why? Drop the question words : Who is your hero and why? Answer the question using the key words : My hero is Amelia Earhart, because she was very brave, did things many women of her time did not do, and was a hard worker.
If we were to write the rest of the essay based on this thesis statement, the outline would look something like this:
Introduction : My hero is Amelia Earhart, because she was very brave, did things many women of her time did not do, and was a hard worker. Body paragraph 1 : Details about how Amelia Earhart was brave Body paragraph 2 : Details about how she did things many women of her time did not do Body paragraph 3 : Details about how she was a hard worker Conclusion: It is clear that Amelia Earhart was a brave woman who accomplished many things that women of her time did not do, and always worked hard. These are the reasons why she is my hero.
These general guidelines work for other thesis statements, with some minor differences.
Essays that are responding to a statement or given subject
If you aren’t given a specific question to respond to, it can be a little more difficult to decide on a thesis statement. However, there are some tricks you can use to make it easier.
Some examples of prompts that are not questions are:
Write about your favorite sports team.
Describe how a motor works.
Pick a famous scientist and write about their life.
Compare and contrast the themes of a poem and a short story.
For these, we recommend using one of the following sentence starters to write your thesis with:
In this essay, I will …
[Subject] is interesting/relevant/my favorite because …
Through my research, I learned that …
As an example of how to use these sentence starters, we’ve put together some examples using the first prompt: Write about your favorite sports team.
In this essay, I will describe the history and cultural importance of the Pittsburgh Steelers, my favorite sports team.
The Pittsburgh Steelers are my favorite because they have had a lasting impact on the history and culture of the city.
Through my research, I learned that the Pittsburgh Steelers have had a lot of influence on the history and culture of Pittsburgh.
Any one of these thesis statements (or all three!) could be used for an informational essay about the Pittsburgh Steelers football team and their impact on the history and culture of Pittsburgh.
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Argumentative essay thesis statements
The basic building blocks of an informational essay also apply when it comes to an argumentative essay . However, an argumentative essay requires that you take a position on an issue or prompt.
You then have to attempt to persuade your reader that your argument is the best. That means that your argumentative thesis statement needs to do two things:
State your position on the issue.
Summarize the evidence you will be using to defend your position.
Some examples of argumentative essay prompts are:
Should high school students be required to do volunteer work? Why or why not?
What is the best way to cook a turkey?
Some argue that video games are bad for society. Do you agree? Why or why not?
In order to create a good thesis statement for an argumentative essay, you have to be as specific as possible about your position and your evidence. Let’s take a look at the first prompt as an example:
Prompt 1: Should high school students be required to do volunteer work? Why or why not? Bad thesis statement: No, I don’t think high school students should be required to do volunteer work because it’s boring. Good thesis statement: I think high school students should not be required to do volunteer work because it takes time away from their studies, provides more barriers to graduation, and does not encourage meaningful volunteer work.
Let’s look at a couple other examples:
Prompt 2: What is the best way to cook a turkey? Bad thesis statement: The best way to cook a turkey is the way my grandma does it. Good thesis statement: The best way to cook a turkey is using my grandmother’s recipe: brining the turkey beforehand, using a dry rub, and cooking at a low temperature.
Prompt 3: Some argue that video games are bad for society. Do you agree? Why or why not? Bad thesis statement: Video games aren’t bad for society, because they’re super fun. Good thesis statement: Video games aren’t bad for society because they encourage cooperation, teach problem-solving skills, and provide hours of cheap entertainment.
Do you notice the difference between the good thesis statements and the bad thesis statements? The bad statements are general, not specific. They also use very casual language. The good statements clearly lay out exactly what aspects of the argument your essay will focus on, in a professional manner.
By the way, this same principle can also be applied to informational essay thesis statements. Take a look at this example for an idea:
Prompt: What are the three branches of government, and what do each of them do? Bad thesis statement: There are many branches of government that do many different things. Good thesis statement: Each of the three branches of government—the executive, the legislative, and the judicial—have different primary responsibilities. However, these roles frequently overlap.
In addition to being more specific than the bad thesis statement, the good thesis statement here is an example of how sometimes your thesis statement may require two sentences.
Final thoughts
A thesis statement is the foundation of your essay. However, sometimes as you’re writing, you find that you’ve deviated from your original statement. Once you’ve finished writing your essay, go back and read your thesis statement. Ask yourself:
Does my thesis statement state the topic and/or my position?
Does my thesis statement refer to the evidence or details I refer to in my essay?
Is my thesis statement clear and easy to understand?
Don’t hesitate to edit your thesis statement if it doesn’t meet all three of these criteria. If it does, great! You’ve crafted a solid thesis statement that effectively guides the reader through your work. Now on to the rest of the essay!
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What exactly is a thesis statement?
What if I told you that one sentence in your essay or thesis could be the difference between a First and a Fail?
It may sound absurd – perhaps even unfair – but it’s true. I refer, of course, to the thesis statement. A thesis statement is your entire essay if it were condensed into a single sentence. If your essay title is a question, then your thesis statement is the one-sentence answer.
It tends to arrive near the end of the first paragraph of a thesis.
Let’s take a look at an example from a Master of Education degree thesis:
Thesis title What constitutes ‘good writing’ for GCSE students of English?
Thesis statement The examination rubric by which GCSE English writing performance is assessed, influenced by a long history of variable ‘tastes’, may now be said to describe ‘good writing’ as that which is grammatically accurate, sophisticated, and suited to purpose, genre and audience.
(The thesis statement would be located in paragraph 1, after a brief overview of the subject).
Why is a thesis statement important?
As I mentioned, the way your thesis statement is written can be the difference between a First and a Fail. But how?
To answer that, let’s think about what ‘thesis’ means. From the Greek thésis, meaning ‘proposition’, your thesis is your main argument.
It is the position you have to support and defend for the remainder of your essay. Without something clear to defend, the fortress you build will crumble and the army you deploy will run about like headless chickens.
In essence: without a clear thesis statement, you don’t have an essay.
“Establishing a clear thesis at the start of your essay is crucial for both you and your examiner. For your examiner, it’s evidence that you have answered the question. For you, it can function as an essay plan.”
For both of you, it’s a litmus test for the quality of the argument: if you can’t fit your essay’s arguments into a sentence, they are too diffuse; and if you can’t stick to your thesis statement’s focus throughout your essay, you are not focused.
A precisely focused and well-grounded essay is more worthy of a First Class grade than one with a scattergun approach.
What should a thesis statement include?
What your thesis statement includes is determined by three things:
1. The subject and topic of the essay. 2. The purpose of the essay. 3. The length of the essay.
Let’s examine each of those in more detail to see how they can help us refine our thesis statement.
The subject and topic of the essay
Look at this real-life title from an undergraduate Sports Science essay:
What are the key differences between training recommendations for maximising muscular strength and maximising muscular hypertrophy?
The first task is, of course, to determine the subject of the essay.
In this example, that would be ‘training recommendations for maximising muscular strength and training recommendations for maximising muscular hypertrophy’.
Knowing that means that I know I will need to deploy my knowledge about those two similar but distinct areas. It also means that I should be using the specialist terminology relevant to the field, such as load, isotonic and volume.
Next, I need to determine the topic.
Here it would be ‘the key differences’ between training recommendations for those two goals. That phrase ‘key differences’ is likely to be at the heart of my thesis statement, to show that I’m on track.
With that in mind, my thesis statement might look like this:
Whilst both training outcomes require resistance training centred upon isotonic contractions, it is likely that the absolute load requirements may need to be higher for strength purposes, whilst the total training volume may need to be higher for hypertrophy purposes.
It is by no means a complete essay, but it states clearly what the ‘short answer’ to the question is, whilst paving the way for the ‘long answer’ to follow.
But what if the essay isn’t just looking for the facts organised into a specific order? What if the essay is asking for analysis? Or an argument?
The purpose of the essay
Different essay purposes require different thesis statements. Fortunately, there are only three main essay purposes, and they’re pretty easy to recognise:
1. The expository essay: This is an essay type that asks for the key facts on a subject to be laid out, with explanations. The Sports Science question above is an example of this. It asks for the WHAT and HOW of something.
2. The analytical essay: This essay type asks you not only to lay out the facts, but also to analyse and deconstruct them to better understand them. It is typical in subjects such as English Literature and Fine Art. It asks for the WHY of something.
3. The argumentative essay: This type of essay asks you to use the facts available, to analyse them for value, and then to provide a point of view about the subject. It moves more quickly through the WHAT, HOW and WHY of a topic through to: WHY DOES IT MATTER?
All of the above essay types need a thesis statement that includes a proposition (a statement which answers the question or addresses the title).
Beyond that, these three essay types all require different additions.
For the expository essay , you need to add an overview of the details of the conclusion. Let’s look at an example:
Expository essay title: What are the key differences between training recommendations for maximising muscular strength and maximising muscular hypertrophy? (BSc in Sports Science)
Expository thesis statement: Whilst both training outcomes require resistance training centred upon isotonic contractions, it is likely that the absolute load requirements may need to be higher for strength purposes, whilst the total training volume may need to be higher for hypertrophy purposes. (The basic conclusion is that both approaches need isotonic resistance training; the details are teased out in bold.)
For the analytical essay , you need to add an overview of the analysis performed. Here’s an example:
Analytical essay title: Why did England and Wales vote to leave the European Union? (BA in Politics)
Analytical thesis statement: A close consideration of the voter demographics, the populist nature of political messages leading up to the referendum, and the history of Britain’s status in the EU, will demonstrate that Brexit was primarily motivated by the machinations of the Right.
(The basic conclusion is that Brexit was influenced by politicians; the analytical approach is in bold.)
For the argumentative essay , you need to add an overview of your reasoning. Another example:
Argumentative essay title: To what extent do you consider the authorship of Shakespeare’s plays to be in question? (BA in English Literature)
Argumentative thesis statement: Shakespeare’s authorship of his plays is beyond question, given both the entirely unconvincing nature of any counter-theories and the relatively unstable conception of the playwright’s identity as it stands. (The basic conclusion is that Shakespeare did write his plays; the reasoning is in bold.)
As you can see from these examples, the purpose of the essay gives a very clear demand for something beyond a simple answer.
But, there’s more!
The length of the essay
The prescribed length of the essay also defines what you need to do with your thesis statement.
Your thesis statement is a microcosm : a miniature, compressed version of your whole essay.
So, it makes sense that the length of the actual essay is going to impact upon the content of the thesis statement.
If, for example, your essay is expected to be 800 words long and on the subject of Eve in the Bible, then it would be overly ambitious for your thesis statement to say: ‘through comprehensive study of the Bible and extant criticism’. For an 800 essay, more precision will be necessary. It would be better for your thesis statement to say: ‘with due awareness of the complexity of the issue, focusing on feminist readings of Genesis .’
“Matching the scope given in your thesis statement to the depth you provide in your essay is a very effective way to ensure precision.”
Contrastingly, if your essay is expected to be 80,000 words long (a PhD thesis, for example), on the subject of stop-motion animation, it would be rather unambitious to suggest that the essay will ‘provide a visual analysis of Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers’, only. For a PhD, we would expect more content to be covered, and multiple approaches to analysis to be considered.
Indeed, matching the scope given in your thesis statement to the depth you provide in your essay is a very effective way to ensure precision.
So, to summarise, how do I write a thesis statement?
It’s a simple, three-part process:
1. Identify the question in the title (or make a question from the statement). 2. Answer that question in as few words as possible. 3. Complete the sentence by providing an overview of the foundation behind your answer.
Easy, right? It can be!
That said, there are plenty of traps that essayists can fall into with this part of the essay. Let’s look at some of these pitfalls and how to avoid them.
Pitalls to Avoid
Pitfall #1: amateurish style.
This is common throughout academic essays written by beginners. It’s not just the thesis statement that falls foul of sounding amateurish. There are plenty of ways this happens, which are beyond the scope of this argument, but the following example is a prime example: In this essay, I will explore the various pieces of evidence before concluding.
This is amateurish for a few reasons. Firstly, it doesn’t actually say anything. You could otherwise word it, ‘I will write an essay which answers the question’ – a rather wasted sentence. The next, and more forgivable issue is the use of the first-person. We want to get a sense that an individual wrote this essay, but we never want to hear them mentioned! Make sense? No? Sorry.
This should instead read more like:
This essay considers evidence from X in light of Y which ultimately reveals Z at the heart of the issue.
(It focuses on the specifics, X, Y, and Z, and is devoid of any mention of its author.)
Pitfall #2: empty phrasing
This is similar to amateurish style. However, empty phrasing is not just amateur-sounding; it’s manipulative-sounding.
Using phrases such as “in order to” instead of, simply, “to” – or “due to the fact that” instead of just “as” – look like attempts to fill up the word count with waffle rather than content. The same goes for phrases that can be substituted for one word: ‘it is evident that’ can (and should) become ‘evidently’.
Watch this thesis statement from a GCSE essay on Music go from hideous to tolerable:
Beethoven was unable to hear his work, due to the fact that he was deaf, so it is evident that he musically conceptualised the notes in order to compose. (Wordy!)
Beethoven was unable to hear his work, as he was deaf, so it is evident that he musically conceptualised the notes to compose. (Slightly less wordy.)
Beethoven’s deafness made him unable to hear his work, so evidently he musically conceptualised the notes to compose. (About as concise as such a complex sentence will get…)
Do not mistake wordiness for sophistication. Your ideas should be sophisticated; your writing should be clear.
Pitfall #3: non-standard grammar
For an examiner, the English language is not just a vehicle for your ideas. It should be, but the academic process always involves the assessment of your expression.
So, to satisfy our examiners’ prescriptive tastes, we need to adhere to the basic tenets of Standard English.
Take a look at the following thesis statement example from an A Level Sociology essay: Considering the status of BAME in Internet culture, the demonstrably racist treatment at the hands of the police, and the energy behind the BLM protests, concluding that there is hope for the future.
This sentence has no finite main verb, so it is technically not a sentence. To become a grammatical sentence, we would need to make ‘concluding’ finite: ‘it can be concluded’, or ‘we conclude’.
The writer got lost in this example because the sentence was so long!
Long sentences can also lead to a failure to make subject and verb agree, like in the next thesis statement example from a school Geography essay:
The most populous municipalities of Spain, Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, and Zaragoza, does not rank in the top ten most dense populations of the country, with the exception of Barcelona.
Because the subject ‘municipalities’ is separated from the verb ‘does’ by eight words, it is easy to forget that they do not agree. It should, of course, be ‘do, not ‘does’.
Final words
The thesis statement, as I said at the start, can be the difference between a First and a Fail. So, take your time with it.
Write it carefully.
Then redraft and refine it several times, until it’s as good as you can make it.
The payoff is a slick, coherent thesis statement that paves the way to a great essay that really impresses your examiner.
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14. 9. According to him, the Ego posits first itself (thesis); secondly, the non-Ego, the other, opposite to itself (antithesis); and, thirdly, this non-Ego within itself (synthesis), so that all reality is in consciousness. 9. 5. His main thesis is that the actions of men cannot be divided into lower and higher. 4.
noun. We disagreed with the basic thesis of the report. The book's central thesis is that propaganda influences the masses in important ways. New evidence supports his thesis. She wrote her thesis on Renaissance Nativity scenes. This involved carving away the parts of Smith's thought that didn't fit the thesis.
Here are some examples. Sentence Examples. But the central thesis of the work was that these leaders generally make decisions based on imprecise readings of the past. Instead, his central thesis is that the religious extremism which gives rise to some forms of terrorism is born out of political repression.
Examples of thesis in a sentence, how to use it. 100 examples: Nowadays there are still some proponents of such theses. - However, point by…
Strong Thesis Statement Examples. 1. School Uniforms. "Mandatory school uniforms should be implemented in educational institutions as they promote a sense of equality, reduce distractions, and foster a focused and professional learning environment.". Best For: Argumentative Essay or Debate. Read More: School Uniforms Pros and Cons.
A thesis statement is a sentence in a paper or essay (in the opening paragraph) that introduces the main topic to the reader. As one of the first things your reader sees, your thesis statement is one of the most important sentences in your entire paper—but also one of the hardest to write! In this article, we explain how to write a thesis ...
100 Thesis Sentence Examples. Details. File Format. PDF. Size: 145 KB. Download. Crafting the ideal thesis sentence can elevate your essay or paper, presenting your argument in a clear and compelling manner. To provide you with inspiration and guidance, we've curated a collection of 100 exemplary thesis sentences.
See how to use thesis in a sentence. Lot of example sentences with the word thesis. bab.la - Online dictionaries, vocabulary, conjugation, grammar. share ... we cannot be in favour of categorizing people into first and second class and shutting them in behind state borders. volume_up more_vert.
A good thesis statement reflects the scope of your paper. It should provide a glimpse of the main points you will discuss, giving your readers a preview of the structure and content of your work. This helps them understand how your argument will unfold. Example: Weak: "Renewable energy is important.".
The promises that a thesis sentence makes to a reader are important ones and must be kept. It's helpful sometimes to explain the thesis as a kind of contract between reader and writer: if this contract is broken, the reader will feel frustrated and betrayed. Accordingly, the writer must be very careful in the development of the thesis.
Step 2: Write your initial answer. After some initial research, you can formulate a tentative answer to this question. At this stage it can be simple, and it should guide the research process and writing process. The internet has had more of a positive than a negative effect on education.
English Sentences Focusing on Words and Their Word Families The Word "Thesis" in Example Sentences Each page has up to 50 sentences. Sentences with audio are listed first. (Total: 11) The Sentences. Page 1. About. Sentences are sorted by length, with 50 sentences per page. Sentences with audio are shown first, followed by sentences without audio.
Compare good and poor thesis statement examples to find out just what a strong thesis statement should be. Dictionary Thesaurus Sentences ... and exposing them to new worlds they might not otherwise encounter. - Now, we've not just stated that reading is good, we've provided a sampling of all the benefits we're about to bring to light in our ...
It is a brief statement of your paper's main argument. Essentially, you are stating what you will be writing about. Organize your papers in one place. Try Paperpile. No credit card needed. Get 30 days free. You can see your thesis statement as an answer to a question. While it also contains the question, it should really give an answer to the ...
CK 43312 I'll need at least three days to translate that thesis . CK 259362 I am writing a thesis about international disputes after World War II. CK 302432 His doctoral thesis must be submitted to the professor by the end of the month. CK. Study vocabulary in context. Many of the sentences have audio, too.
Step 4: Revise and refine your thesis statement before you start writing. Read through your thesis statement several times before you begin to compose your full essay. You need to make sure the statement is ironclad, since it is the foundation of the entire paper. Edit it or have a peer review it for you to make sure everything makes sense and ...
a statement that is discussed and debated. Examples of Thesis in a sentence. The student's experiments helped her formulate a thesis to share with her professor and classmates. During the next two weeks, students will be asked to defend their thesis statements in class. The lab results prove the scientist's thesis on energy conversion.
The thesis statement is the most imporant part of your essay because it tells the reader everything they can expect. Here's a guide to writing a strong one.
5. A troublesome thesis is a fragment; a good thesis statement is expressed in a complete sentence. Example: How life is in New York after September 11th. Better: After September 11th, the city of New York tends to have more cases of post-traumatic disorder than other areas of the United States and rightfully so.
The meaning of THESIS is a dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view; especially : one written by a candidate for an academic degree. How to use thesis in a sentence. Did you know?
What your thesis statement includes is determined by three things: 1. The subject and topic of the essay. 2. The purpose of the essay. 3. The length of the essay. Let's examine each of those in more detail to see how they can help us refine our thesis statement.