Blog Post 14: Thoughts on Drafting

1. What parts of the book’s advice on the above bulleted topics are helpful for writing in this genre?

The book asserts that a thesis statement should describe your purpose and rhetorical strategies to provide your audience with a clear perception of what your essay will focus on. The book also offers PIE paragraph structure which is very helpful in organizing ideals to convey evidence supporting a claim, as well as the implicit themes within the argument. An introduction, according to the book, should be short and concise; however, background information and a thesis statement are staples of an introduction to provide a framework for the rest of the essay. 

1. What parts of the book’s advice on these topics might not be so helpful, considering the genre you’re writing in?

However, the book states that the conclusion paragraph is a restatement of the thesis clause within the essay. This information is useful, but does not really help structure or organize the length and content of the conclusion paragraph; the book could've included more information on how to write the conclusion.