The thesis statement is the most important part of an essay (or technical paper). While some people argue that a thesis statement should be put last in the opening paragraph and some kind of magical, amazing attention-grabber statement should be placed first, in the real world, people want to know what they are reading about. An attention-grabber is just a distraction. You should always start your essays with the thesis. The reader will then know right away what the paper will be about as well as know your stance on the topic.
Your thesis should always be an arguement. Your thesis should state what you believe to be true, but it should have an open end where someone could agrue against it. All papers are somewhat a work of your own beliefs. Then the person could gain new information about the topic you are discussing.
Always be careful of looking out for your actual thesis statement. Many times, in wrapping up your paper, in your conclusion, you might find a better thesis statement that argues your point even better than the first one you came up with.
Be careful of being too vegue.
Bad: Aladdin is the best Disney movie ever.
While this is an arguement that others can disagree with, it tells no reason for what your belief is in the movie.
Good: The addition of the Genie's desire to be set free in Walt Disney's Aladdin, only allowing Aladdin two wishes instead of three, builds the plot more cleverly than any other Disney movie in time because it tramples the cliche of the typical two lovers' and the villain's desires.
This, again, is something that can be argued in more ways that one and lets the reader know why Aladdin is the best Disney movie in the writers opinion.
No comments:
Post a Comment