Thesis statement

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The Essay - Statement Of Your Thesis (U Victoria)

http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/EssayThesisStatement.html

 

Thesis Statement (St. Cloud U)

http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/thesistatement.html

 

Thesis Statements (U Wisconsin-Madison)

http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/Thesis.html

 

Thesis Writing (RPI Writing Center)

http://www.rpi.edu/web/writingcenter/thesis.html

" ...a thesis allows both reader and writer to find their ways through a labyrinth of ideas by following a thread of thought. That is, a thesis crystallizes the controlling idea of an essay and, thus, helps us to keep track of that idea as it develops through the body of the text."

Thesis Statements (U Richmond)

http://writing.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/thesis.html

 

Introductions and Thesis Statements (Hamilton College) (PDF)

http://www.hamilton.edu/academics/resource/wc/intros.pdf

A short overview of introductions and thesis statements, along with some examples of each.