<em>Option C. An analytical statement or survey of the main ideas to be discussed in a paper is called a thesis statement.</em>
Explanation:
Every paper written should have a main point, idea or statement, so that then the arguments in support of that statement can be presented and analyzed. The thesis statement is the sentence, or group of sentences that captures the paper's main ideas that are going to be discussed. The thesis statement should make a comment on the author's position in relation to the topic, which is also stated in the thesis statement. Briefly, the thesis statement should give the reader a sense of what the paper is going to be discussing.
