Thesis statement - wikipedia Thesis statement This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 9 August 2018. A thesis statement usually appears at the middle or end of the introductory paragraph of a paper, and it offers a concise summary of the main point or claim of the essay, research paper, etc. It is usually expressed in one sentence, and the statement may be reiterated elsewhere. It contains the topic and the controlling idea. There are two types of thesis statements : direct and indirect. The indirect thesis statements does not state the explicit reasons, while the direct thesis statement does. If I write, `` I love New York for three reasons, '' the fact that I love New York is the topic, and `` three reasons '' are an indirect thesis statement. The essay will contain the three reasons. If I write, `` I love New York because of the food, the jazz clubs and the Broadway Shows, '' that 's a direct thesis statement that tells what each section or body paragraph is going to be about. The thesis statement is developed, supported, and explained in the course of the paper by means of examples and evidence. Thesis statements help organize and develop the body of the writing piece. They let readers know what the writer 's statement is and what it is aiming to prove. A thesis statement does not necessarily forecast organization of an essay which can be more complex than its purpose. Contents 1 Structure 2 See also 3 References 4 Further reading 5 External links Structure The thesis statement will reflect the kind of paper being written. There are three kinds of papers : analytical, expository, and argumentative. The structure of a thesis statement depends upon the nature of controlling essay type. In simple terms, first a thesis statement will have a main topic sentence formed from questioning it, then the writer 's statement regarding the topic sentence, and finally ends with the specific supporting points detailing the writer 's statement for justifying its relation with the topic sentence. In general, it should have a supportable opinion ( specific / focused ) and clear intent for the essay. See also Topic sentence Conclusion ( writing ) References ^ Jump up to : `` Tips and Examples for Writing Thesis Statements ''. Purdue OWL. Purdue University. Retrieved 6 October 2014. Jump up ^ Raver - Lampman, Greg. `` Academic Essay Writing Coach ''. Jump up ^ Raver - Lampman, Greg. `` Online Academic Essay Writing Coach ''. Jump up ^ `` How To Write a Thesis Statement ''. indiana.edu. Further reading Jonathan Culler and Kevin Lamb. Just being difficult ? : academic writing in the public arena Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2003. ISBN 0 - 8047 - 4709 - 1 William Germano. Getting It Published, 2nd Edition : A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious About Serious Books. ISBN 978 - 0 - 226 - 28853 - 6. Read a chapter. Wellington, J.J. Getting published : a guide for lecturers and researcherLondon ; New York : RoutledgeFalmer, 2003. ISBN 0 - 415 - 29847 - 4 John A. Goldsmith et al. `` Teaching and Research '' imic Keywords : A Devil 's Dictionary for Higher Education. ISBN 0 - 415 - 92203 - 8. Martin Horton - Eddison. `` First Class Essays '' Hull, United Kingdom : Purple Peacock Press, 2012 Carol Tenopir and Donald King. `` Towards Electronic Journals : Realities for Librarians and Publishers. SLA, 2000. ISBN 0 - 87111 - 507 - 7. Björk, B-C. ( 2007 ) `` A model of scientific communication as a global distributed information system '' Information Research, 12 ( 2 ) paper 307. Furman, R. ( 2007 ). Practical tips for publishing scholarly articles : Writing and publishing in the helping professions. Chicago : Lyceum Books. Cargill, M. and O'Connor, P. ( 2013 ) Writing Research Articles. West Sussex, UK. John Wiley & Sons Inc. 2nd Ed. ISBN 978 - 1 - 4443 - 5621 - 2 External links Thesis Statement, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Lisa A. Kirby, Writing Effective Thesis Statements, North Carolina Wesleyan College Guide to Writing Master Thesis in English, Tomas Bata University in Zlín, Pg. 48 Writing tips : Thesis statements Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thesis_statement&oldid=854235559 '' Categories : Essays School terminology Writing Academic publishing Assumption Hidden categories : Wikipedia pending changes protected pages Talk Contents About Wikipedia Asturianu Български Català Dansk Deutsch Español Esperanto Euskara Gaeilge Bahasa Indonesia Italiano Қазақша Nederlands Norsk Română Simple English Svenska Українська 9 more Edit links This page was last edited on 9 August 2018, at 21 : 41 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: where can the central thesis of a persuasive research essay be found
Answer: at the middle or end[1] of the introductory paragraph