Thesis

The thing that stood out the most to me in this article is the difference in a strong and weak thesis.  The paper defined a thesis as an idea about your subject, a theory that explains what some feature or features of your subject mean.  A lot of times people will make thesis statements that are completely obvious.  They do this because they know about the subject and know that they can write about it.  This handout tells us that that is a weak thesis.  In order to have a strong thesis you must make a claim that is not already understood by everyone, like for example:  candy is bad for your teeth.  A strong thesis proves a point that is not obvious to everyone else and the body of the paper proves the thesis is right.  I will admit, I have had a couple weak theses in my lifetime.  I know now the difference between a strong and weak thesis and will try my best to only use a strong thesis from here on out.