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Step 1
Try to boil your entire topic down to a single question.
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Step 2
Once you have the question you want to ask, write one or two sentences using the information from your paper to answer this question.
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Step 3
Make sure your statement focuses on the one big idea of the paper--don't crowd this statement with small details.
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Step 4
This statement should also express your conclusions on the subject you are writing about.









