You might care to explore in a paper, you can make any number of assertions – some relatively simple, some complex as you can see, for any subject. It is on such basis as these assertions for themselves expectations for reading that you set yourself an agenda in writing a paper – and readers set. The greater ambitious the thesis, the more complicated will be the paper together with greater could be the readers’ expectations.
With the Thesis
The explanatory thesis is often developed in response to short-answer exam questions that call for information, not analysis (e.g., “List and explain proposed modifications to contemporary American democracy”). The explanatory but mildly argumentative thesis is appropriate for organizing reports (even lengthy ones), as well as essay questions that call for many analysis (e.g., “with what ways are the recent proposals to change American democracy significant?”). Continue reading “Different writing tasks require different thesis statements.”