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What is a preliminary-working thesis?

I am working on a college term paper and have been asked to submit a preliminary-working thesis for the paper as well as a preliminary list of works and references. I have looked elsewhere online but don't seem to come up with much. Could someone tell me what a preliminary-working thesis is? Also what is a preliminary list of works and references, is that just the works cited page?

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1. I am going to assume you are supposed to write the actual thesis of your paper and the sources you think you are going to use. When I say the actual thesis, I mean it would be like a draft of your introduction and the thesis statement of a five-paragraph essay like you did in high school. Can't be sure, but that's what I would do.