Chapter 11 Developing Your Thesis Statement

The purpose of Chapter 11 is to help you develop the thesis statement for your particular project. At this point you should have most of your notes, sources, and a solid position on the topic of your choice. The position statement that you have worked on will come into play and help you with the development of your thesis statement. After reviewing the position statement you've created and all the notes gathered during this time, take some time to reflect over all this information. This will help lead you to a clearer thesis and help you identify how you want the thesis to come across. Always remember who your readers are and what type of document you are writing. After this step is completed start drafting your thesis statement. This consists of critically reading and thinking about your idea's and the position of your topic. From here you want focus and refine your thesis statement until it's completed.