7: Constructing the Thesis and Argument—From the Ground Up (Guptill) Last updated Save as PDF Page ID13163 Contributed by Amy GuptillAssociate Professor and Chair (Sociology) at The College at Brockport, SUNY 7.1: Moving Beyond the Five-paragraph Theme7.2: The Three-story Thesis: From the Ground Up7.3: Three-story Theses and the Organically Structured Argument7.4: Exercises