When developing essays for this semester, I found it easy to gather multiple examples of evidence from texts that could be used to support my thesis statements. However, in order to write a complete essay, I had to answer the question “So what?”, regarding the evidence I had provided. The only way to adequately answer this question was through interpretation. My intimate interpretation of the evidence, gained through careful reading, can be seen in the following passage of my essay "How Irony Dominates 'The Cask of Amontillado'". "Another example of central irony in the plot is when Fortunato announces "He is an ignoramus", taunting Luchesi (1121). Fortunato's statement is very ironic because these are the last words he says before being chained to the wall, making him the truly ignorant." In this passage I begin by presenting the evidence. However, for this evidence to sufficiently support my thesis, I must follow it with interpretation. By following this model of framing evidence with interpretation, my essays have become more skillful and