Chapter 11 Summary

Chapter 11 discusses on how to develop your thesis statement. This will benefit you in writing this essay because your thesis statement is states your main point and the way you will be framing your argument. This is important because this is going to set the mood of your essay. This chapter is broken into two main parts, how to use your sources and your position statement and secondly drafting your thesis statement. When deciding what position you are going to take and what sources will benefit you is the toughest part about developing a thesis statement. When doing this you should keep in mind to constantly be reviewing. Review your position statement and your notes and make sure they suit where you are taking your paper. Another important idea to keep in mind is to consider your purpose and role as a writer. Lastly, you want reflect on your readers and focus on your position which you will have developed through looking at your notes and developing a position on your topic. The second part of this chapter deal with drafting your thesis statement. The purpose of your thesis statement is reflect on your position, notes and your writing situation. To begin your thesis statement you need to start by identifying important information, ideas, and arguments that are attached to your issue and particularly your side on on the issue. You can go about this by identifying key words/phrases your sources have in common to identify important ideas you want to discuss. While doing this you should keep in mind what type of document you are writing, for the essay we are writing you want to have a effective thesis statement that outlines what you will be discussing in your essay. You want your thesis to be focused rather than broad, when you have a broad statement few will argue with your statement because your idea has little info to go along with it. Developing your thesis statement is important because this is the first thing your audience will read and it will either keep their attention or loose it immediately.