This week, I wrote my first QRG draft! Yes, this
was a very exciting and intense process but I think I was successful in my
first draft for the most part! In writing our draft we were asked to do many
things such as write a thesis statement, write in PIE form, write
introductions, organize information, and write conclusions. Every single one of
these topics in the book was extremely helpful.
In the book, the authors provided many examples of
strong thesis's and examples of good thesis's versus poor ones. This helped me
get a better idea how to construct my thesis. Not only this but the book
explained what I thesis is very well; I now like to think of a thesis as the
broad argument one is trying to prove with evidence and examples. Furthermore,
I learned about the PIE form which is something I have never used before. PIE
form is simply a way of paragraph structure. The P stands for point, the I
stands for information, and the E stands for explanation. This helped me
organize my paragraphs and make sure I was getting my points across in a clear
and productive way.
I also learned how to write introductions, which is basically the P of
the PIE form. In order to write an strong introduction, one has to pick the
points to discuss that are most relevant to the topic. The introduction
shouldn't be too long however it should provide enough information so that the
reader knows what the writer is discussing. Last, in writing conclusions, its
simply a wrap up of your entire paper and it should reiterate why you're
argument is right. Considering writing a QRG however, it may be difficult to
follow the organization of an essay because a QRG's format is rather different.
Other than this, the book extremely helped in writing the first draft and was a
great resource.
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