Creating a Thesis Statement
A thesis is a short statement that introduces the argument of your paper as a whole. It typically comes at the end of your introduction.
Elements
Summarize and introduce the focus of your paper
Explain the stance your paper takes on the topic
Justify the significance of your stance.
When developing a thesis statement, you should start by writing down somoe initial idieas for what your thesis statement might look like.
Topic
Burnout in the mental health profession.
Position
Mental health professionals should practice mindfulness.
Rationale
Mindfulness can prevent and/or help burnout
Form your notes and ideas into sentences or clauses that you can bring together in a thesis statement.
Topic
Mental health providers regularly experience burnout. Burnout negatively influences patient outcomes, job performance, and health.
Position
Mental health professionals should practice mindfulness.
Rationale
Mindfulness can decrease stress and combat the effects of burnout.
Mental health providers regularly experience burnout in their profession, which negatively influences patient outcomes, job performance, and a provider’s own health. To decrease stress and combat the effects of burnout, mental health providers should practice mindfulness.
Think of the forecast as a roadmap for the rest of your paper.
It helps your reader understand where the paper is going and what to expect from each paragraph or section.
Implicit
Implies the organization and structure of your paper in the way you construct your thesis.
Vs.
Explicit
An additional sentence or two that comes after your thesis statement.