8.10: Chapter Takeaways

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    Key Takeaways from Chapter 8: 

    • Writers must put their ideas in order, so the assignment makes sense. The most common orders are chronological order, spatial order, and order of importance.
    • After gathering and evaluating the information you found for your essay, the next step is to write a working, or preliminary, thesis statement.
    • The working thesis statement expresses the main idea that you want to develop in the entire piece of writing. It can be modified as you continue the writing process.
    • Effective writers prepare a formal outline to organize their main ideas and supporting details in the order they will be presented.
    • A topic outline uses words and phrases to express the ideas.
    • A sentence outline uses complete sentences to express the ideas.
    • The writer’s thesis statement begins the outline, and the outline ends with suggestions for the concluding paragraph. 

     

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