Now
you'll need
to raise a question about your topic that
you can answer adequately within the length of the paper
you are required to write. With the Oil Pollution Act as
your subject, you might create the following question for
a twenty-page paper:
In
what ways was the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 intended to address
the problems made apparent by the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill?
Finally, consider
what subjects you will need to include in the paper to provide
an adequate response to the question you have raised. To
answer this question you should do the following:
- Briefly
describe the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
- Detail
the causes of the spill
- Describe
the effects of the spill
- Explain
the provisions of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990
- Discuss
what exactly the Act mandates to address the causes and
effects of the spill
Now
you're ready to begin selecting sources.
