How to Write a Thesis Statement

According to lexical and generally accepted definitions the thesis statement is a point of assertions which is under proving. A report', an article' or other substantial text composition, the thesis statement is the aggregate of separate points, logically connected with each other. At the same time, the thesis statement evidence is implied in the main publication text.

The main purpose of any thesis statement writing is to generalize all available material, to present its essence using brief sentences, to disclose a content of a large by volume publication, essay or article; to have a good look at the investigated question, analyze it and to create the possibilities for others for comparing their thoughts and ideas with yours.

Unsuccessfully written thesis statements can frighten reader off an interesting research work. And otherwise, good written thesis statements would attract much more attention both to material and to speaker. That's why you should carefully and attentively approach to this task. Any mistake and imperfection and your work will come to nothing. You must remember that your thesis statement is only the reflection and sort of conclusion of your work itself. The thesis' statement quality is formed with the real scientific content of the work, but at the same time you can spoil everything as well as make it better and show the best advantages of the work. Start your thesis statement writing only after full and solid acquaintance with the assigned task.

According to particular aim there are several types of academic works:

Analysis
Comparison
Evaluation
Argumentation
Interpretation
Reflection.

Basing on your academic work task your thesis statement should reflect the objective of your task.

Different Kinds of Thesis Statements

Almost all kinds of academic works have the same structure which helps with thesis statement writing. In the beginning of any work you can easily find the main objective of the work, then some supportive evidences. Your thesis statement should be the main argumentation that impels your work. Most of the students know about this peculiarity and they adapt their works to this demand and make their thesis statements support the main goal of the work. You shouldn't think that you don't need to write the thesis statement just because of particular type of an academic essay. Here we want to propose you a list of academic works and thesis statements which correspond to them:

Analytical essay - the thesis statement should reflect the correlation between the topic and the object of study
Book review - the thesis statement is about the estimation of the reviewed work
Critical review - the statement which expresses the essence of a journal article
Position paper - the statement which describes position and gives some reasons (proofs, arguments)
Comparative essay - the thesis statement of main point and some essential points of comparison
Research paper - the thesis statement represents main demand of the work, problem, issue or objective
Research proposal - the same as previous but the thesis statement should be of more suggestive type
Personal reflection - the thesis statement expresses the main direction of the work
Case study - the thesis statement considers the main problem of the work and makes some suggestions and recommendations
Lab report - the thesis statement expresses the main purpose of the work.

Research Question

Sometimes it is very difficult for some students to make a choice between the thesis statement and research question. They are very much alike but not at all. You can formulate the research question out of your assignment question or can generate by yourself. There are some distinctive features of the research question:

It concentrates your research work on a concrete question, problem, objective or some conflict
This question is clearly defined in your task or it can be a result of topic clarification
This is the answer of your thesis statement.

A Tentative Thesis Statement Formulation

A lot of students faced with the problem of thesis statement formulation, especially when they are in the beginning of the writing process. You must remember that a tentative thesis statement isn't your final variant which is impossible to change. The main task of a tentative thesis statement is to help you with your further work and direct your attention and efforts in a right direction. This type of the thesis statement will help you to concentrate on the arguments which further help you with final thesis statement generation.

Choose the Best Thesis Statement

Some of your thesis statements will seem to your better and more interesting than the other ones. Your task as a good writer is to select the best of them and represent it to your auditory as a solid evidence of your being a perfect researcher with brilliant creativity. This thesis statement must show your topic to your readers from the best side and express all your ideas. This is a very difficult task but we have some prompt for you: try to concentrate on some interesting conflict or problem. In this way you will get an opportunity to formulate your thesis statement in kind of a complex sentence which will compare some contradictions.

Thesis Statements Formatting

The thesis statement can't be more than one sentence. All you can do is to use a complex sentence structure
Read the rules of thesis formatting attentively and follow them rigorously. Take into consideration font' size requirements, field's size and so on. If you surpass some requirements or you work has some significant faults your thesis statements would be declined
Very often the following requirements are used: Times New Roman, 14, all fields 0.79 inches.

The Algorithm of Thesis Statement Writing

Decide which type of thesis you are going to use and choose an appropriate structure
You should clear imagine what would be a result or finding of your work
You should also take into consideration the following:

thesis' type selected before
main result/conclusion of your work and its actual content which will be expressed in thesis.

Read carefully all requirements of thesis statements formatting and pay attention to their volume
Find out a research question of the work
Write a tentative thesis statement
Format your thesis statements according to all requirements
Show them to your supervisor and to your friends or colleges to get to know their opinion according to the content, arguments etc.