This chapter discusses some important suggestions for writing a rough draft. It tells you to have all of your prewriting materials that you had done earlier when you start to write your rough draft. They will help you figure out what you are going to write about, but can also serve as motivation to keep you writing when it seems to be getting hard. This chapter talks about the different parts of an essay that needs to be drafted. One interesting thing it said is that you do not have to start writing your rough draft with the introduction. I always thought that you had to start with your introduction. I kind of like thinking that I can start with the body because the introduction and conclusion have always been parts of papers that I struggled with.
This chapter also gives some great tips for developing an effective thesis statement. I like that it says to ask if you are able to successfully develop and support the thesis with the sources that you have available. The chapter gives some great examples of thesis statements that are good and ones that are not so good. For drafting the body of your paper, the book states that each paragraph should be about each different supporting point for your thesis. This makes it easier for the readers to follow along with. With the conclusion, you are basically summing up the main points of your essay. The readers probably understand what you were writing about and what the main points were. The conclusion is meant to really bring home what you want them to know. If you are writing a persuasive paper, you could use the conclusion as one last attempt to get your readers to take your side.
I really like the idea of starting the draft with the body instead of the introduction. I have always had a hard time with introductions. I wonder if starting with the body would help me write stronger introductions. I think that I am going to use this strategy for my next essay.
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