Putting
it all Together
So far we've covered:
-
selecting a topic and focusing it
- creating
a research quesion
-
narrowing and broadening a topic
Now
let's illustrate all this step by step with a sample topic.
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Imagine
that you have been assigned a twenty-page paper on some
topic relating to the environment. |
First, you
will need to find a subject within this very broad topic.
One helpful strategy would be to consult an environmental
encyclopedia. As you skim articles in the encyclopedia,
you will get ideas for a topic and for ways
to make that topic progressively narrower and narrower.
Thus, you might proceed in the following way:
