Open Thesis Statements

An open thesis is a statement that will introduce the reader to what you paper is going to be about. However, the writer does not directly state what they will discuss in their paper. An open thesis statement creates a stronger introduction because it makes the reader want to continue reading you paper because they are interested about what you are going to say in the rest of your paper.

Example:

• Vanilla Ice Cream is the best.

*Notice that I didn't say why vanilla ice cream is the best, instead I left the reader wanting more hopefully making them read the whole paper.