How to Develop a Thesis Statement
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IMPORTANCE OF THESIS STATEMENT
Puts the main idea into a short sentence
Organizes and develops opinion or argument
Provide the audience with a guide to the chosen argument
HOW TO CREATE A THESIS STATEMENT
Firstly, Emphasize on the research question
Make statement that answers the focused question
Moreover, it should be giving the main idea
STRONG THESIS STATEMENTVS.
WEAK THESIS STATEMENT
Strong Thesis Statement
Weak Thesis Statement
It conveys the main idea
It is specific It gives writers
opinion
It does not conveys the main idea properly
It is broad and vague
Writers opinion is not clearly given
FORMING A THESIS STATEMENT
Formulate research questions Work out your opinionBrainstorm for finding some reasons for
supporting your opinion Include these reason in the thesis
statement Restate the question and using it make the
thesis statement as its answer
FORMULA FOR A THESIS STATEMENT
Subject
+
Claim
+
Three or More Points of Support
SUBJECTSubject is also known as topic
It should be brief and clear
It should not be exceeding four to five
words
It should be reflecting the thesis purpose
and main idea
CLAIM Statement or assertion about the subject It mostly does not provide evidence or
proof It should be developed by narrowing the
subject It should provide argument that is
related to the main idea
THREE OR MORE POINTS OF SUPPORT Provides support to the claim, defined
as reason behind the subject It should be critical It should be specific It should be realistic and relevant to the
topic
THE END
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