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Evaluating Your Thesis Points

4 Evaluate the points of your thesis.

After you construct your thesis, the next step is to evaluate your thesis
points. Specifically, your thesis points should not overlap, should not

be too broad, and should not be too narrow.

Avoiding Overlap

When two or more of your points overlap, you risk making the same

point more than once. Evaluating the thesis for overlap means making

sure that your points of development are distinct, separate points that

do not cover the same territory. The following examples show thesis
statements with overlapping points.

Example of Thesis with Overlap

thesis point 1
Taking out a car loan has helped me to be responsible in making