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STUDENT CHECK LIST: TEST FOR THESIS STATEMENT

IS THE THESIS STATEMENT WORTHWHILE?

  • Is it significant?
  • Does it require supporting statements?
  • Does it stimulate or encourage new insights?
  • Does it establish a clear relationship between the specific facts or the ideas to be discussed?
  • Is it interesting?

IS THE THESIS STATEMENT WORKABLE?

  • Is it specific and limited, rather than broad and general?
  • Is it a clear statement?
  • Does it establish who, what, where, why?
  • Does it lend itself it self to logical development?
  • Are the necessary resources for developing it available?

IS THE THESES STATEMENT APPROPRIATE?

  • Is it possible for me to develop the information?
  • Is it a subject that can be treated objectively?
  • Is the relation between it and content evident?

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