{"id":161,"date":"2017-07-20T16:30:05","date_gmt":"2017-07-20T16:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-geneseo-styleguide2\/chapter\/how-to-write-a-thesis-statement\/"},"modified":"2017-07-20T16:30:05","modified_gmt":"2017-07-20T16:30:05","slug":"how-to-write-a-thesis-statement","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-geneseo-styleguide2\/chapter\/how-to-write-a-thesis-statement\/","title":{"raw":"How to Write a Thesis Statement","rendered":"How to Write a Thesis Statement"},"content":{"raw":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Whether you are writing a short essay or a doctoral dissertation, your thesis statement will arguably be the most difficult sentence to formulate. An effective thesis statement states the purpose of the paper and, therefore, functions to control, assert and structure your entire\u00a0<span class=\"s2\">argument<\/span>.\u00a0Without a sound thesis, your argument may sound weak, lacking in direction, and\u00a0<span class=\"s2\">uninteresting to the reader.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>Start with a question -- then make the answer your thesis<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Regardless of how complicated the subject is, almost any thesis can be constructed by answering a question.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"ul1\"><li class=\"li1\"><b><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-986\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2232\/2017\/07\/20163000\/6107062655_61eba7be5f_o-1-300x268.jpg\" alt=\"Question mark drawn in yellow chalk on black pavement\" width=\"300\" height=\"268\"\/><\/b><span class=\"s1\"><b>Question:<\/b> \"What are the benefits of using computers in a fourth-grade classroom?\"<\/span>\n<ul class=\"ul2\"><li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Thesis:<\/b> \"Computers allow fourth graders an early advantage in technological and scientific education.\"<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li>\n \t<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Question:<\/b> \"Why is the Mississippi River so important in Mark Twain's <i>Huckleberry Finn<\/i>?\"<\/span>\n<ul class=\"ul2\"><li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Thesis:<\/b> \"The river comes to symbolize both division and progress, as it separates our characters and country while still providing the best chance for Huck and Jim to get to know one another.\"<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li>\n \t<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Question:<\/b> \"Why do people seem to get angry at vegans, feminists, and other 'morally righteous' subgroups?\"<\/span>\n<ul class=\"ul2\"><li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Thesis:<\/b> \"Through careful sociological study, we've found that people naturally assume that \"morally righteous\" people look down on them as \"inferior,\" causing anger and conflict where there generally is none.\"<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Tailor your thesis to the type of paper you're writing<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">N<\/span><span class=\"s1\">ot all essays persuade, and not all essays teach. The goals of your paper will help you find the best thesis.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"ul1\"><li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Analytical:<\/b> Breaks down something to better examine and understand it.<\/span>\n<ul class=\"ul2\"><li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ex. \"This dynamic between different generations sparks much of the play\u2019s tension, as age becomes a motive for the violence and unrest that rocks King Lear.\"<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li>\n \t<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Expository:<\/b> Teaches or illuminates a point.<\/span>\n<ul class=\"ul2\"><li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ex. \"The explosion of 1800's philosophies like Positivism, Marxism, and Darwinism undermined and refuted Christianity to instead focus on the real, tangible world.\"<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li>\n \t<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Argumentative:<\/b> Makes a claim, or backs up an opinion, to change other peoples' minds.<\/span>\n<ul class=\"ul2\"><li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ex. \"Without the steady hand and specific decisions of Barack Obama, America would never have recovered from the hole it entered in the early 2000's.\"<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Ensure your thesis is provable<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-987\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2232\/2017\/07\/20163002\/698692268_b31d429272_z-1-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"Hand holding a camera lens in front of a blurry field of sunflowers; through the lens they are clear\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\"\/>Do not come up with your thesis and then look it up later. The thesis is the end point of your research, not the beginning. You need to use a thesis you can actually back up with evidence.<\/span><\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"p1\">Good Theses Examples:<\/h3>\n<ul><li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\"By owning up to the impossible contradictions, embracing them and questioning them, Blake forges his own faith, and is stronger for it. Ultimately, the only way for his poems to have faith is to temporarily lose it.\"<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\"According to its well-documented beliefs and philosophies, an existential society with no notion of either past or future cannot help but become stagnant.\"<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\"By reading \u201cOde to a Nightingale\u201d through a modern deconstructionist lens, we can see how Keats viewed poetry as shifting and subjective, not some rigid form.\"<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><h3><span class=\"s1\">Bad Theses Examples:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul><li><span class=\"s1\">\"The wrong people won the American Revolution.\" While striking and unique, who is \"right\" and who is \"wrong\" is exceptionally hard to prove, and very subjective.<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span class=\"s1\">\"The theory of genetic inheritance is the binding theory of every human interaction.\" Too complicated and overzealous. The scope of \"every human interaction\" is just too big<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li><span class=\"s1\">\"Paul Harding's novel <i>Tinkers<\/i> is ultimately a cry for help from a clearly depressed author.\" Unless you interviewed Harding extensively, or had a lot of real-life sources, you have no way of proving what is fact and what is fiction.\"<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Get the sound right<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><img class=\"alignright  wp-image-988\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2232\/2017\/07\/20163005\/8653240568_f3357fb874_z-1-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"hand holding white megaphone\" width=\"185\" height=\"253\"\/>You want your thesis statement to be identifiable as a thesis statement. You do this by taking a very particular tone and using specific kinds of phrasing and words. Use words like \"because\" and language which is firm and definitive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Example thesis statements with good statement language include:<\/span><\/p>\n\n<ul><li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\"Because of William the Conqueror's campaign into England, that nation developed the strength and culture it would need to eventually build the British Empire.\"<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\"Hemingway significantly changed literature by normalizing simplistic writing and frank tone.\"<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><h2><b class=\"whb\">Know where to place a thesis statement<\/b><\/h2>\nBecause of the role thesis statements play, they appear at the beginning of the paper, usually at the end of the first paragraph\u00a0or somewhere in the introduction. Although most people look for the thesis at the end of the first paragraph, its location can depend on a number of factors such as how lengthy of an introduction you need before you can introduce your thesis or the length of your paper.\n<h2><b class=\"whb\">Limit a thesis statement to one or two sentences in length<\/b><\/h2>\nThesis statements are clear and to the point, which helps the reader identify the topic and direction of the paper, as well as your position towards the subject.","rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Whether you are writing a short essay or a doctoral dissertation, your thesis statement will arguably be the most difficult sentence to formulate. An effective thesis statement states the purpose of the paper and, therefore, functions to control, assert and structure your entire\u00a0<span class=\"s2\">argument<\/span>.\u00a0Without a sound thesis, your argument may sound weak, lacking in direction, and\u00a0<span class=\"s2\">uninteresting to the reader.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><b>Start with a question &#8212; then make the answer your thesis<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Regardless of how complicated the subject is, almost any thesis can be constructed by answering a question.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-986\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2232\/2017\/07\/20163000\/6107062655_61eba7be5f_o-1-300x268.jpg\" alt=\"Question mark drawn in yellow chalk on black pavement\" width=\"300\" height=\"268\" \/><\/b><span class=\"s1\"><b>Question:<\/b> &#8220;What are the benefits of using computers in a fourth-grade classroom?&#8221;<\/span>\n<ul class=\"ul2\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Thesis:<\/b> &#8220;Computers allow fourth graders an early advantage in technological and scientific education.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Question:<\/b> &#8220;Why is the Mississippi River so important in Mark Twain&#8217;s <i>Huckleberry Finn<\/i>?&#8221;<\/span>\n<ul class=\"ul2\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Thesis:<\/b> &#8220;The river comes to symbolize both division and progress, as it separates our characters and country while still providing the best chance for Huck and Jim to get to know one another.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Question:<\/b> &#8220;Why do people seem to get angry at vegans, feminists, and other &#8216;morally righteous&#8217; subgroups?&#8221;<\/span>\n<ul class=\"ul2\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Thesis:<\/b> &#8220;Through careful sociological study, we&#8217;ve found that people naturally assume that &#8220;morally righteous&#8221; people look down on them as &#8220;inferior,&#8221; causing anger and conflict where there generally is none.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Tailor your thesis to the type of paper you&#8217;re writing<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">N<\/span><span class=\"s1\">ot all essays persuade, and not all essays teach. The goals of your paper will help you find the best thesis.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Analytical:<\/b> Breaks down something to better examine and understand it.<\/span>\n<ul class=\"ul2\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ex. &#8220;This dynamic between different generations sparks much of the play\u2019s tension, as age becomes a motive for the violence and unrest that rocks King Lear.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Expository:<\/b> Teaches or illuminates a point.<\/span>\n<ul class=\"ul2\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ex. &#8220;The explosion of 1800&#8217;s philosophies like Positivism, Marxism, and Darwinism undermined and refuted Christianity to instead focus on the real, tangible world.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Argumentative:<\/b> Makes a claim, or backs up an opinion, to change other peoples&#8217; minds.<\/span>\n<ul class=\"ul2\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ex. &#8220;Without the steady hand and specific decisions of Barack Obama, America would never have recovered from the hole it entered in the early 2000&#8217;s.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Ensure your thesis is provable<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-987\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2232\/2017\/07\/20163002\/698692268_b31d429272_z-1-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"Hand holding a camera lens in front of a blurry field of sunflowers; through the lens they are clear\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" \/>Do not come up with your thesis and then look it up later. The thesis is the end point of your research, not the beginning. You need to use a thesis you can actually back up with evidence.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">Good Theses Examples:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;By owning up to the impossible contradictions, embracing them and questioning them, Blake forges his own faith, and is stronger for it. Ultimately, the only way for his poems to have faith is to temporarily lose it.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;According to its well-documented beliefs and philosophies, an existential society with no notion of either past or future cannot help but become stagnant.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;By reading \u201cOde to a Nightingale\u201d through a modern deconstructionist lens, we can see how Keats viewed poetry as shifting and subjective, not some rigid form.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"s1\">Bad Theses Examples:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;The wrong people won the American Revolution.&#8221; While striking and unique, who is &#8220;right&#8221; and who is &#8220;wrong&#8221; is exceptionally hard to prove, and very subjective.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;The theory of genetic inheritance is the binding theory of every human interaction.&#8221; Too complicated and overzealous. The scope of &#8220;every human interaction&#8221; is just too big<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Paul Harding&#8217;s novel <i>Tinkers<\/i> is ultimately a cry for help from a clearly depressed author.&#8221; Unless you interviewed Harding extensively, or had a lot of real-life sources, you have no way of proving what is fact and what is fiction.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Get the sound right<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-988\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2232\/2017\/07\/20163005\/8653240568_f3357fb874_z-1-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"hand holding white megaphone\" width=\"185\" height=\"253\" \/>You want your thesis statement to be identifiable as a thesis statement. You do this by taking a very particular tone and using specific kinds of phrasing and words. Use words like &#8220;because&#8221; and language which is firm and definitive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Example thesis statements with good statement language include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Because of William the Conqueror&#8217;s campaign into England, that nation developed the strength and culture it would need to eventually build the British Empire.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;Hemingway significantly changed literature by normalizing simplistic writing and frank tone.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b class=\"whb\">Know where to place a thesis statement<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Because of the role thesis statements play, they appear at the beginning of the paper, usually at the end of the first paragraph\u00a0or somewhere in the introduction. Although most people look for the thesis at the end of the first paragraph, its location can depend on a number of factors such as how lengthy of an introduction you need before you can introduce your thesis or the length of your paper.<\/p>\n<h2><b class=\"whb\">Limit a thesis statement to one or two sentences in length<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Thesis statements are clear and to the point, which helps the reader identify the topic and direction of the paper, as well as your position towards the subject.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-161\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Revision and Adaptation. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" 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