2-22-17 Connor Gormley

In today's class we talked about constructing beautiful thesis statements. If anybody is having difficultly starting their thesis statement it is helpful to start simple and then revise to get it more specific. To do this you should ask yourself questions like "who, what, when, where, why, and how". We then analyzed what makes a good thesis statement. First, a good thesis statement should establish an argument and layout a plan for your entire essay. Your argument should be clear and argue that your cause regards to being right, wrong, dangerous, necessary, should, or shouldn't. And your plan should be the "how?" of your essay. Before writing your thesis you should decide what kind of thesis that is best for your research. The old reliable thesis statement is the multi point where you state your argument and then the reasons why. This kind of thesis statement will probably not work for most research reports because most likely there will be more than three paragraphs. Instead it would be prudent to use a big picture which looks at the entire purpose of your report and go from there. Although, by doing that you should be weary of making your thesis statement to specific. When debating this is your head it is always better to stay on the side of being more specific. WE then proceeded to work on our outlines and thesis.