The best way to keep a reader engaged in a paper is to start off with a great thesis. I believe that all of my papers had a very strong and clear thesis. They all gave a clear pathway of what I was going to talk about in the paper. For example, in my first paper, my thesis indicated that the Jewish and Irish American groups were in Boston from 1850 to1950 and they both had different roles in Boston’s society during that time. After I wrote my first paper, I learned that it was a good idea to go back and revise my thesis after the entire paper was done. I used this tactic on my second paper and the thesis seemed to be right on target. An excellent introduction is key ingredient to lead into my thesis. My introductions started of with intense stories that made the reader want to keep reading. In my first paper, I wrote how the Jews and Irish were first perceived and what other groups did to discriminate them. I think this is a great way to start a paper. The conclusions of my papers restated the main points that I made in the body of my paper. I strongly disagree with your perception of my papers, and think my introduction and conclusions are at the top level. While writing a paper, grammar plays a big role. I might slightly agree with you that the grammar on my rough drafts was not as good as it could be. However, on my final drafts, I believe that I cleaned up all the grammatical errors and the paper was clean and flowed smoothly. A strategy that I used to make sure my papers flowed smoothly was to have a couple different people read them. I have found that the quality of my papers improve when I have a few other people critique my work. Variety is always important in everything in life. So when writing my papers, I always tried to use a large variation in vocabulary, voice, sentence structure and ideas. I always put forth an enormous effort to make my papers interesting so the reader will stay engaged. This class taught me to impro