Revising

Revising for Support

As you revise your paper, check to make sure you have provided enough support for your thesis statement, or main point. Your thesis should be backed up with paragraphs that include a topic sentence and supporting details. Here are some questions to keep in mind when reviewing your paper for support.

Improving Support

Where can I add more details, examples, or facts so readers will understand my point?
Are there any details that I should delete because they are not clearly related to my point?
Do I give the most support to the paragraphs that are most important for my purpose?
In each paragraph, what would my readers possibly disagree with? What could I delete, add, or change to make my argument more convincing?
Is my support too general or vague as a whole or within paragraphs? What can I do to be more specific?
Are my details, examples, and evidence too common or obvious?