Selecting a good topic
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This document provides guidance on selecting a paper topic. It begins by suggesting considering the type and audience of the paper. It then outlines three main types of papers: expository, analytic, and argumentative. The document also advises analyzing the audience's familiarity with topics. It offers strategies for choosing from assigned, course-related, or unrestricted topics. Finally, it lists several types of topics that should be avoided, such as those too broad, unable to be researched fully, emotional, or technical.
Selecting a good topic
- 1. Tiffany Wong Amar Bhatti Denisse Ruiz
- 2. What type of paper am I preparing? Who is my audience? How can I select a good topic? What kinds of topics should I avoid?
- 3. Study your assignment and understand the type of project it is. Expository ◦ Informing Analytic ◦ Analyzing Argumentative ◦ Persuading
- 4. Are they informed or uninformed about your topic?
- 5. Choosing from assigned topics Select from the list, develop a claim or approach. Finding a course related topic write about what interests you. Selecting a topic without any guidelines Narrow your subject area- use electronic databases Look over class notes, see what interests you Consider college based issues Freewrite, brainstorm, ask questions.
- 6. Topics that are IRRELEVANT. Topics that are broad subject areas. Topics that can be fully researched with only one source. Biographical studies. Topics that produce a strong emotional response in you. Topics that are too technical for you.