Which of the following is not one of the steps to developing a working thesis statement? write an essay. do preliminary reading. draft a statement. change or refine the statement.

Write an essay

Your thesis statement should be the main idea of your essay so without at least a working thesis statement you have no idea what your essay will be about. Sometimes after the essay is written you may want to go back and revise your thesis based on information or realizations you had while writing the essay. This is why your thesis statement is considered a working thesis until the essay is ready to turn in. As with all writing, you want to draft, change and refine as part of the writing process. Also in order to formulate a thesis statement you'll have needed to complete some preliminary reading so that you know what you are going to write about.

1 - a

2 - a

3 - c

4 - b

5 - d