True. A “working thesis” is different from a “thesis statement” in that the phrase implies some doubt or tentativeness on the part of the essayist, some room for persuasion. Far from finding support for an already solidified view on the debated subject, the essayist with a working thesis is looking into research on the topic, in order to establish not only a point of view but also support for that point of view (along with arguments against any opposing view). The refined essay product will state in its thesis statement the point of view to which the “work” of the researcher has led him/her. It is a much more sophisticated way to approach a controversial topic than to begin arguing a point of view that had been adopted via less logical means (personal experiences, emotional responses, automatically attractive views, common social views, etc.) and invariably leads to a more convincingly constructed essay.
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