Overall, I am content with how my rough draft has turned out; there are some concerns I do have about the organization and structure of my paper. For one, I am not sure if I responded appropriately to one of the scholarly article. I agreed with a majority of the claims made in the article, but I am not sure that I "agreed but with a difference" in my paper. I tried my best to not use first person in my rough draft (I just think essays sound more professional and scholarly that way) and this may have been the reason why I found it hard to convey my own opinions on the subject. In my first few paragraphs, it kind of just seems like I am summarizing the argument of the scholarly article instead of responding to it.
Additionally, I feel like the topics I focused each of my paragraphs on vary greatly. Because of this, I found it hard to create effective transition sentences between each paragraph. However, this is something that can be easily fixed by synthesizing my arguments and coming up with connections amongst them.
I do not like having a three-prong thesis (a statement that lists each of my claims), but I feel like it may be necessary at this stage in the writing process. Once my paper is much more concise and fully developed, I might decide to revamp my thesis a bit more.
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