Yes.
Think of a thesis statement as something that you know or believe is true. For instance: "The dog is brown." After you have told this to someone who is blind, you would go on to explain how and why the dog is brown. The thesis is the main topic in a story. After the thesis is stated, you would go on to explain how and why the dog is brown.
C. the ability to do something well without wasted time or effort
The lilliputians
In Gulliver's Travels Swift uses the tiny people - the Lilliputians- to represent what is petty and small-minded about English society.
The speed and accleration of a car travelling in reverse and in the normal direction is the same. Therefore the measurement of its speed is still done using the metric system or via miles per hour (mph).