Help! I need to narrow my focus!

In case you are feeling swamped by so much material from our readings thus far and having some trouble narrowing your essay focus, here are some steps to take that might help you arrive at a specific thesis statement.  Fill out each step and see if it helps!  Remember, you are not solving the riddles of the universe in this assignment.

State your broad area of interest in 4-5 words:

 Add active words to area of interest:

 Write a full sentence claim:

 Ask 2 or 3 key how and why questions (historical, transformational, functional):

 Create your “elevator” story by filling in the blank spaces

I am analyzing

because I want to know why/how/ whether­­­

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