Claims, Reasons, and Assumptions
Claims, reasons, and assumptions are part of what makes up your thesis.
Claim: A claim is your basic argument. It is the opinion or point of view that you are claiming is true.
Reason: Your reason is the "why" behind your claim. It's the logic and reasoning that makes you believe your opinion is correct.
Assumption: Your assumptions are basic truths that you think everyone believes or understands.
These three components of a thesis are pretty basic a easy to understand. When you sit down to think about it, it makes sense that you would need all three of these to construct an argument or thesis. The tricky part is when it comes to assumptions. Because we don't know how others think, we can often assume things that our readers would not. This can make a an argument very hard to follow as well as weak and unbelievable. It's important that we identify which assumptions we have so that we know whether or not we need to further explain our reasoning to our audience.
Claim: A claim is your basic argument. It is the opinion or point of view that you are claiming is true.
Reason: Your reason is the "why" behind your claim. It's the logic and reasoning that makes you believe your opinion is correct.
Assumption: Your assumptions are basic truths that you think everyone believes or understands.
These three components of a thesis are pretty basic a easy to understand. When you sit down to think about it, it makes sense that you would need all three of these to construct an argument or thesis. The tricky part is when it comes to assumptions. Because we don't know how others think, we can often assume things that our readers would not. This can make a an argument very hard to follow as well as weak and unbelievable. It's important that we identify which assumptions we have so that we know whether or not we need to further explain our reasoning to our audience.
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