Chapter 20: Strategies for Stating a Thesis and Planning

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Chapter 20 Reading Response:

Personal Reaction:
I have a tendency to start with a vague, broad thesis, so this chapter will help me to make my theses more narrowed, specific, and clear, which will make my essays much more organized and sophisticated.

Professional Reaction:
Some of the most important points are to think about what the purpose of your paper is by asking yourself what you want to accomplish with your paper and how you want your readers to react to it, and to determine who your audience is by asking yourself what type of person might care about your topic and what opinions they might be likely to have. I think this chapter will be helpful to look back on whenever I need to develop a thesis.

Written by Hayley Leach