Thesis Worksheet

Working Thesis

Points that can be made against the thesis Points that are in favor of the thesis

Final Thesis

Suggestions for beginning a thesis of argument:

Despite the . . .
Although . . .
In spite of the fact that . . .
While . . .
Even though . . .
While it is true that . . .
The following transitional words or phrases will introduce almost any paragraph of argument (when you are
presenting a point of the opposing view to counter with points of your own):

Admittedly However Of course

And In addition On the other hand
Assuredly In fact Still
But Indeed The fact remains
Certainly, It is true that Therefore
Clearly, then Moreover Thus
Consequently Nevertheless To be sure
Even so No doubt True
Furthermore Nobody denies Undoubtedly
Granted Obviously Unquestionably
Yet