Stages of Developing a Thesis

Brainstorm

Brainstorm

________ through free writing and discussion to create a tentative thesis.

statement

Thesis ________: a single, complete sentence that succinctly expresses your argument concerning a particular topic.

Thesis statement

a single, complete sentence that succinctly expresses your argument concerning a particular topic

Tentative

not certain or fixed

Working thesis

thesis thats in progress, and will likely change as you write and think more about your argument