what exactly is a thesis ? 4 an essy.?

Question

what am i suppose to put in one?

what about theme?

Answer 1

I'm guessing you're using a thesis statement for a Language Arts paper. A thesis statement is used at the beginning and sometimes the end of a paper to explain and conclude the body paragraphs. Let's say you have 5 paragraphs, an introduction, 3 body, and a conclusion paragraph. In the thesis you would write something that explains the topic for each body paragraph. An example is: I think I should get a dog because I care for others, am a responsible person, and blah blah blah. Does that help?

EDIT: A theme is what a story is about, or the moral of the story.

Answer 2

A thesis statement for an essay explains the main points in the essay that is to be brought out. It usually goes at the end of the first paragraph and explains in general each point that each paragraph is going to make. For example, my Literary Masterpieces teacher just tought us a very simple way of thinking it.

I like apples becasue they are red, shiny, and tasty. This would be your thesis statement. Each of the paragraphs would go with each point, the first being because they are red, the second because they are shiny, and the third because they are tasty. then wrap it up with your conclusion.

Hope that helped.

Answer 3

It is the theme or central idea of the speechstated in the form of a single, delclarative sentence. The main points, the spporting materal, and the conclusion all relate to the thesis.

Answer 4

It's what you are trying to prove with an essay or a term paper.

Say, a thesis could be something like

"To show the influence of Rap music on today's youth"

"How Mozart's melodies influenced the music style of Seal".

Answer 5

An essay is basically a non-fiction paper written to make a point. A thesis is the main point of a paper such as an essay.

Answer 6

noun, plural -ses /-siz/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[-seez] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation. 1. a proposition stated or put forward for consideration, esp. one to be discussed and proved or to be maintained against objections: He vigorously defended his thesis on the causes of war.
2. a subject for a composition or essay.
3. a dissertation on a particular subject in which one has done original research, as one presented by a candidate for a diploma or degree.
4. Music. the downward stroke in conducting; downbeat. Compare arsis (def. 1).
5. Prosody. a. a part of a metrical foot that does not bear the ictus or stress.
b. (less commonly) the part of a metrical foot that bears the ictus. Compare arsis (def. 2).

6. Philosophy. See under Hegelian dialectic.


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[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L < Gk thésis a setting down, something set down, equiv. to the- (s. of tithénai to put, set down) + -sis -sis]


—Synonyms 1. theory, contention, proposal.
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006

Answer 7

a thesis is the sentence that says what you are writing about
ex:
in the novel twilight bella shows her love for edward with, hearts, candy and flowers
and then the next 3 paragraphs are about the hearts the candy and the flowers

Answer 8

I think Sponge has the correct answer.

Here is a link I found about the thesis:
http://www.msu.edu/~comertod/courses/thesis.htm

Answer 9

It's the last sentence of your intro that states what the essay is about.

Answer 10

a thesis is an arguable point.