Plz help my paraphrasing again.

[sayla]

this is origanal text:
"the first thing to look for is the author's thesis or central argument. When asked to statue the thesis of a book or article, many students respond, 'This book is about...' and proceed to tell the events the book describes. This is wrong. The topic of the book(the material the book covers) and the thesis( the interpretation applied to that material) are not one and the same. There are many examples of books that share the same general topic( i.e, cover many of the same events) but differ markedly in interpretation (thesis)."

Here is my paraphising,
the thesis is author central argument, first thing to search for, not begin 'the book is about..', which tells only the books structure. The author using same general topics, share with the other authors the same events, but intepretares obviously different is author's thesis.

I would like to know in my paraphizing which points lacks of . also, i would like to know where is grammatically incorrect.

[Gillnetter]

this is origanal text:
"the first thing to look for is the author's thesis or central argument. When asked to statue the thesis of a book or article, many students respond, 'This book is about...' and proceed to tell the events the book describes. This is wrong. The topic of the book(the material the book covers) and the thesis( the interpretation applied to that material) are not one and the same. There are many examples of books that share the same general topic( i.e, cover many of the same events) but differ markedly in interpretation (thesis)."

Here is my paraphising,
the thesis is author central argument, first thing to search for, not begin 'the book is about..', which tells only the books structure. The author using same general topics, share with the other authors the same events, but intepretares obviously different is author's thesis.


When asked to state the thesis of a book, look for the author's central argument first. Do not begin with, "This book is about", since this only tells the topic of the book, not the thesis. Many authors write about the same topics, but the author's interpertation of events is the thesis.

When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

Sometimes people have to change their political alliances. These people should, both by natural laws and the laws of God, be equal to other nations. Out of respect for all people, those wanting change should tell others the reasons for this change.

I would like to know in my paraphizing which points lacks of . also, i would like to know where is grammatically incorrect.

Gil