State what you intend to do, and how you intend to do it. As you prepare to write your essay, it is important to demystify some misconceptions about claims as they are used in academic writing. Many students often assume that the term thesis statement means that the central claim has to be stated in one sentence. The discussion is made by looking into the goals an author is trying to present in the text, the tools he or she uses to present the goals and the effectiveness of the tools used.

Although there are no defined rules on how you should formulate and express your claim, there are some useful strategies that you could use to develop stronger claims, as well as mechanisms for evaluating the strength of your claim. Read more