One of the main things that stood out to me in this chapter was the idea
that the first step in finding a thesis is to recognize what will not appear in the material you’re analyzing.
I thought points such as “the process of finding a theses begins when you start
to ask questions about the material looking for a problem” and not
reformulating the thesis until after you’ve written your essay were very
helpful in determining the ways to come up with the best and most effective thesis.
The chapter described how a thesis should connect the beginning, middle, and
end of a story and evidence should direct and redirect the thesis. The thesis
in the exploratory student draft provided background information, evidence, and
the claim. I feel that I put some background information in my thesis paragraph,
but probably not enough or I don’t connect it to the claim. The student draft
offers rhetorical questions, observations and their connection to the story,
and the infamous “so what?” that my papers seem to have a hard time connecting.
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