ENGL 111: Reading Response
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Josh Anders
Rebecca Hoffman
ENGL 111
Reading Response Paideia 15
30 September 2015
Summary
The first part about writing a documented argument is choosing a topic, it needs to be something that you can research, and something that can be argued. If you can’t think of a rebuttal against your thesis then you need to pick another topic or reword your thesis. Often a documented argument will be based off of a personal experience you’ve had and something that is close to your heart. A great way to choose a topic is to brainstorm and make a list and cluster idea web. It starts out by you listing some personal experiences you’ve had, then listing out topics related to those experiences, then create a list of thesis statements from those and see if