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Kick-starting your research

Kick-starting your research. The Research Process. Inquire Advanced Knowledge Supporting your argument. Define your research question. The exact question your research will try to answer Sharper questions. Develop a working thesis. Could be called a hypothesis Your overall claim.

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Kick-starting your research

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  1. Kick-starting your research

  2. The Research Process • Inquire • Advanced Knowledge • Supporting your argument

  3. Define your research question • The exact question your research will try to answer • Sharper questions

  4. Develop a working thesis • Could be called a hypothesis • Your overall claim

  5. Devise your plan • Research question • Working thesis • Results from literature review • Description of problem • Plan/solutions for problem • Limitations/challenges • Bibliography

  6. Help your friends • Get into groups of two • Read your friend’s proposal and write down, in your own words: • What is the author’s topic? • What’s the paper’s thesis? • What’s the author’s plan for the research?

  7. Source’s credibility • How do you know if it is reliable? • A little background check on the authors • Are you biased? • Is it up to date?

  8. Here’s the bonus for you • Start with your bibliography / reference / works cited FIRST

  9. Detour / Roadblock • What happens when you don’t find what you need/desire?

  10. Research Paper

  11. Joining the Conversation • Where to start? • Look into your proposal • Set your mind right

  12. Joining the Conversation • Where to start? • Look into your proposal • Set your mind right • What’s your voice? • Expository Research Paper • Argumentative Research Paper Figure 13.1 on page 313

  13. How a research paper looks like? Introduction • Identify your topic • State your purpose • State your thesis statement • Offer background information • Importance of your paper

  14. Your paper Body • Issues (chronological or argumentative) • Subsections / divisions / headings • Direct quotations • Paraphrasing or summarizing • In-text citations

  15. Your paper Conclusion • Transition to conclusion • Restate your main points / thesis statement • Stress the importance again • Call to action • Optional: limitations of this paper / research methods

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