FIAW Chapter 5

I want a little puppy.

When I read these chapters, they seem like really serious stuff. But you know what? They are very good information. We read some really interesting stuff in this class. These books give deeper meanings into what academic writing is like and such. What I have learned more about in this chapter five of FIAW is how an academic writer reads to understand the "issues, situations, and questions that lead other writers to make claims" (83). Academic writers take their time to read and fully understand the point they want their readers to catch up on. They write in a way that makes their readers respond or react in different ways. They also come up with questions that will lead their readers or other writers to other ideas and make them their claims. An important factor in writing is to make sure that you state a thesis. A true thesis is "an assertion that academic writers make at the beginning of what they write and then support with evidence throughout their essay" (83). Academic writers state their main point or what they want to prove in one sentence. And following the thesis would be body paragraphs that include evidence that supports their claim. We have learned a lot about this in this class. But reading more about it in different ways bring to my mind new things, and new views of what a thesis really is. The more you read about something, the more you understand the real meaning of what it is.

This chapter suggests three ways to how to develop a working thesis. The first way is the correcting-misinterpretations model. This model is used to correct writers that write their thesis in a form that is more of a factual claim.The second is the filling-the-gap model. This model helps writers to include discussions that other writers had forgotten to confer in their writing. The third is the modifying-what-others-have-said model. This model contributes the writer's thoughts with other writers' to form a thesis. These models give such good examples of how you can develop a thesis in your own writing. This reading has given me a deeper meaning of how to develop a thesis, and good ways to form a good thesis. These models can help me develop better thesis in the future.

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I have good news! Tomorrow...I only have ONE class! =D And that is Music class. No English on Fridays, like usual, and my other two classes are cancelled. So tomorrow is going to go by fast. Have a good night! zZzZZZzzzzZzzzzZzZZzzz...