English Lesson: How to write a Thesis

If you are looking to attend an American university, chances are, you will need to learn how to write in English.

Writing in English is more than just the words you use. It's how you organize and structure your words, idea, argument. American academic writing may seem strange to you at first, especially if in your culture writing is organized differently.

The thesis statement is one of the most important aspects of your paper. It is the backbone of everything you say. If your thesis statement is weak, your paper will be weak.

Below are a fee simple guidelines for how to write an effective thesis statement.

Define it simply:
- your objective
- your stance on a particular topic
- a belief or opinion that you will argue/prove in your paper
- the roadmap of your paper (the main points you are going to talk about and why)

*The structure of your thesis statement will depend on the discipline you are writing in (e.g., science, history, English, etc.,) and the assignment if it's for school.

Make sure that your thesis:
- requires proof (and is not too obvious)
- is specific and not to general
- is not to broad or to narrow (small enough to research thoroughly and broad enough to provide an interesting issue to discuss)

A Simple Formula:
If you are like me, basic formulas where you can plug and chug are great for getting ideas going. Hedengren offers a simple forumla  and a few basic questions that can help students get off on a good start. From there, students can go molding and perfecting their thesis as they go but at least they have something to work with.
"Although clause" + Stance on the topic + "Because clause" = Thesis

Although the United States possessed sufficient firepower and information to attack Aushwitz's industrial sector,the United States could not have effectively targeted and destroyed Auschwitz directlybecause the United States lacked the technological precision and intelligence necessary to destroy the camp's death houses without also destroying many or most of the Jewish captives.

And that's the gist of it. Now you just need to practice. Good Luck!