Does a research paper need a thesis?
Of cause it does! A research paper without a thesis is driving a
vehicle without a properly functioning steering wheel. Such a vehicle
would wobble around the road and end up in places where the driver
had no intention of going. In worst case scenario, it could even lead
to the death of the driver.
In the case of essays, if one gets a
strict lecturer, and most lecturer are very strict, then one would
definitely receive a very poor grade and even a fail for not
including a thesis statement. Regardless of the type of essay that
one wishes to compose, it has to have a main topic. In college level
writing this topic is both expressed in the topic of the essay and in
the last sentence of the introduction in the form of a thesis
statement.
A thesis statement is among the very important part of any
essay because it is the sentence that summarizes what the writer has
in mind for the essay and also guides the reader towards reading and
interpreting the contents of the essay accurately. A thesis statement
is many thing and these include it being a claim, not a fact that can
be supported by several reasons.
A thesis statement also directly
answers the main question that is being asked in the assignment. The
thesis statement also unifies the essay by elaborating on the most
important and significant points of the writer related to the essay.
Additionally, a thesis statement predicts the order and the contents
of the essay and is usually a single sentence.
