Developing a Thesis Statement:
It takes familiarizing yourself with the topic and constant mental effort to come up with a useful thesis statement. Take notes while reading articles. While taking notes, continually ask yourself:
- Why am I writing this down?
- What is especially interesting about this particular information?
- What puzzles me about what I have read?
- Can I see any relationship between this information and anything else that I have read, written, or to theories discussed in class?
- What assumptions do the authors make, and does each assumption seem reasonable and well supported?
From: Pechenik, J. A. (2016). A short guide to writing about biology (9th ed.). Boston: Pearson.
