4 signs of a good thesis
A good thesis:
1.) expresses one main idea.
2.) is revelant.
3.) is specific.
4.) takes a stand.
Introduction to Rhetorical and Analytical Writing
St. Cloud State University, Fall 2009
A good thesis:
1.) expresses one main idea.
2.) is revelant.
3.) is specific.
4.) takes a stand.
Introduction to Rhetorical and Analytical Writing 
Question: What is the difference between revelant and relevant? Or is that just a spelling error up there?
Good question, Tria. Relevance and Relevant are essentially the same thing, just different parts of speech for a particular quality. They both mean “related to the matter at hand” or “pertinent.” For an essay, or any persuasive material, I mean to convey to you that a thesis should be “relevant” to both its intended audience, and to the actual material itself. In other words, a persuasive argument about why your roommate is a jerk is not relevant to an audience of coffee shop owners. And a thesis “my roommate is a jerk” is not relevant to a paper about coffee shops if you barely mention your roommate in the paper, or don’t actually provide evidence in the paper that your roommate is a jerk.
Make sense? Great question. —Steph