A thesis must always demonstrate an argument. If you are not trying to prove something and persuade your audience to accept your point of view, you are not writing an academic paper. Your thesis is ...
This is a warm-up exercise before the draft of the first paper. It is designed to help students formulate a good thesis statement and to encourage them to keep their motive(s) clearly in mind. to read ...
In the well-intentioned effort to help college writers find strong theses, we as instructors can put the cart before the horse. Let me explain. I was reminded of this problem a couple of weeks ago ...