Essay writing is about answering the central essay question. That is your prior goal when writing any type of essay.

To generate a solid answer to the raised question you should bring about sufficient reasonable evidence and facts. All the information presented in the essay is built up around the essay thesis. It is a reliable standard compass to stick to the point in the course of the whole essay.

The thesis is the main idea of the whole essay. It tells the audience how you will treat the topic under discussion. The thesis statement acquaints the reader with the course of the essay. You should place your essay thesis in the end of the introductory paragraph. It should comprise one sentence.

It is a good idea to recreate your thesis as brief as possible for the reader to get its meaning and importance. You may think of quite a complex thesis, but your main task is to reveal its meaning. You can get the reader interested by asking him the leading questions to your topic. The essay may start with a provoking fact, situation, thus offering the reader to follow your own path of discovery.

Developing a thesis is not a momentary thing; you should collect and arrange facts, search possible connections between the facts and reflect on the importance of such relations. Such reflections will help you to create "working thesis". It is the so – called draft variant of your main thesis. You will reformulate it in the course of the writing process.

What makes a strong thesis?

• Author’s clearly defined opinion on the essay question.
• Something worthy to discuss.
• You thesis should not include information missing from the essay.
• Avoid general words like "good", "successful," use their more specific alternatives.