Blog on How to write a thesis statement for a research paper?

            Before writing a perfect thesis, it is considered to be beneficial for writing a working thesis. A working thesis is written when you have decided your topic for the research paper. The working thesis helps in guiding you in the way for further writing your research work. It works as a compass for your research paper which shows you the directions. The entire structure of the research paper is built upon this thesis.

            While writing a thesis, the first thing you need to do is to think about the question. It is always beneficial to think of a question or maybe more questions before writing the thesis. The question will help you decide that you are willing to write. Sit on your chair and brainstorm. Think of the different aspects related to your research paper and narrow down the important parts you need to write about. Formulate the questions regarding them. These questions will then give you the guideline of how to write and what to write in your thesis.

            The next step is to research for the answers to these questions. Once you have formulated the questions then you should go for finding the answers for it. In the beginning, it is not important to go into many details. The main purpose is to just have a rough idea regarding the questions. So, make the answers as simple as possible. Then write them down and go for more details according to what you have understood by the simple answers. Now, have detailed answers and understand them. This will help you in writing a perfect thesis for your research paper. The answers works as a guideline of your thesis should be.

            After searching for the answers you need to develop them. We often miss this point. Once we have found the answers to our questions we don’t pay much focus over why this is the answer to our question. So this is what you are expected to do while writing a thesis. You should go for the reason of your answers that why do you think this is the perfect answer for your question. This will help in making your statement and your research paper more authentic.

            Certain rules are expected to be followed while writing a thesis for your research paper according to its type. If your research paper is argumentative then it is expected that your thesis statement should stand on some ground. Your thesis statement should look strong enough to take its position in favor of the points you are going to make and prove in the further research paper. Also, it is sufficient to declare your position, also you have to justify why you have selected the specific side in your thesis. Such thesis statements would attract the readers more and make your research more authentic and more powerful.

            The next type of thesis is the expository thesis. In this type, you are not expected to make some strong points. Rather you should mention a clear statement about the ideas you are going to use in your research paper. These ideas should be strongly presented in the thesis as it will give the reader assurance of what they are going to read in the further research paper and is it according to their interest or not. Your thesis should be very specific. It should not only tell about the topic but also the ideas which are going to be mentioned with a link to your topic.

            The last and third type of thesis is analytical. In this type, it is expected that you will mention in your thesis the ideas and facts which are going to explain the topic. Also, the reason and the purpose for using such thoughts to justify the topic is also mentioned in the thesis statement of such research papers.

            All these steps and points are important to be considered while writing a thesis for the research paper. It will help you to build up a clear idea for the readers to get attracted.