what is thesis?

Answer 1

A thesis is the main point, statement, or opinion of a piece of literature. It may also be used in other things such as speeches or plays.

Answer 2

Thesis : is a long piece of writing done for a higher university degree.
I. Stating Your Thesis



A thesis is a one sentence statement about your topic. It's an assertion about your topic, something you claim to be true. Notice that a topic alone makes no such claim; it merely defines an area to be covered. The topic is seldom stated as a complete sentence with a subject

and predicate. To make your topic into a thesis statement, you need to make a claim about it, make it into a sentence. Notice, however, that a sentence stating an obvious and indisputable truth won't work as a thesis:



(Bad) Thesis: This university offers a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics.



That's a complete sentence, and it asserts something to be true, but as a thesis it's a dead end. It's a statement of fact, pure and simple, and requires having little or nothing added. A good thesis asks to have more said about it. It demands some proof. Your job is to show your reader that your thesis is true, so that in end the reader will say, “Ah yes, now that it's been explained, I can see that the Physics Department really doesn’t place enough emphasis on relativity theory in its undergraduate courses.”

Answer 3

Well, the word has more than one meaning, depending on the context.

If you're in a grade-school or high-school English class, then you're probably talking about a "thesis statement," the statement that describes the central argument of a paper you're writing.

But if you're in graduate school, you're probably talking about a dissertation, a document that presents your research and findings, which you submit in the hopes of qualifying for a degree or professional qualification. You can find more information about dissertations in the Wikipedia article that I've linked below.

Hope that helps!

Answer 4

We have thesis and opposite is anti thesis & the product of the two is synthesis

Answer 5

Main Entry: the·sis
Pronunciation: 'thE-s&s, Britain especially for 1 'the-sis
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural the·ses /'thE-"sEz/
Etymology: in sense 1, Middle English, lowering of the voice, from Late Latin & Greek; Late Latin, from Greek, downbeat, more important part of a foot, literally, act of laying down; in other senses, Latin, from Greek, literally, act of laying down, from tithenai to put, lay down -- more at DO
1 a (1) : the unstressed part of a poetic foot especially in accentual verse (2) : the longer part of a poetic foot especially in quantitative verse b : the accented part of a musical measure : DOWNBEAT -- compare ARSIS
2 a : a position or proposition that a person (as a candidate for scholastic honors) advances and offers to maintain by argument b : a proposition to be proved or one advanced without proof : HYPOTHESIS
3 : the first and least adequate stage of dialectic -- compare SYNTHESIS
4 : a dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view; especially : one written by a candidate for an academic degree

Answer 6

Your sister? =p

But seriously, it refers to the main idea your whole essay revolves around.