{"id":677,"date":"2016-12-14T09:09:21","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T20:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/thelighthouse\/?p=677"},"modified":"2016-12-14T09:12:40","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T20:12:40","slug":"how-to-write-a-clear-thesis-statement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/thelighthouse\/2016\/12\/14\/how-to-write-a-clear-thesis-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"How to write a clear thesis statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/owll.massey.ac.nz\/assignment-types\/essay-thesis-statement.php\">thesis statement<\/a> is a succinct statement of your argument, which should directly answer the question. One good way to ensure that you give a direct answer to the question is to take the key words from the question and turn them into a statement. Your thesis statement should include your reasons for giving the answer you are giving.<\/p>\n<p><em>Example essay question:<\/em> \u201cThe Kardashians are the epitome of popular culture\u201d (Brown, 2011, p. 15). Discuss.<\/p>\n<p><em>Example thesis statement (yes position):<\/em> The Kardashians are the epitome of popular culture because\u2026<\/p>\n<p><em>Example thesis statement (no position):<\/em> The Kardashians are not the epitome of popular culture because\u2026<\/p>\n<p><em>Example thesis statement (it depends position):<\/em> The Kardashians epitomise some aspects of popular culture; namely,\u2026<\/p>\n<p>See:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/owll.massey.ac.nz\/assignment-types\/essay-introduction.php\">http:\/\/owll.massey.ac.nz\/assignment-types\/essay-introduction.php<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/owll.massey.ac.nz\/sample-assignments\/sample-essay-1.php\">http:\/\/owll.massey.ac.nz\/sample-assignments\/sample-essay-1.php<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/owll.massey.ac.nz\/assignment-types\/essay-thesis-statement.php\">http:\/\/owll.massey.ac.nz\/assignment-types\/essay-thesis-statement.php<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/owll.massey.ac.nz\/pdf\/studyup-essays-1.pdf\">http:\/\/owll.massey.ac.nz\/pdf\/studyup-essays-1.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A thesis statement is a succinct statement of your argument, which should directly answer the question. One good way to ensure that you give a direct answer to the question is to take the key words from the question and turn them into a statement. Your thesis statement should include your reasons for giving the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/thelighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/thelighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/thelighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/thelighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/thelighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=677"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/thelighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":681,"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/thelighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/677\/revisions\/681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/thelighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/thelighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/thelighthouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}