Chapter 3 Summary

Chapter 3 discusses how to develop your research question and your proposal. This is another vital part of this paper. Being able to distinguish what you are trying to convey to your audience is very important. This chapter breaks it down into two parts, the first is how you develop your research question and the second one is how to create your research proposal. To help develop your research question you should first start by reflecting on your writing situation. This is where you pick a side to take your topic. Your decision can be made from the research you have found and where you want your paper to go. Next, think of possible research questions that relate to your topic. You can come up with those from the information you know or don't know, history relating to your topic, assumptions people tend to make about your topic, goals that you as a writer have for your readers to understand, what outcome you want to gain and lastly, how is this going to be carried out. These are just the starting questions to ask yourself when you are trying to discover your research question. After running through of a list that could help generate questions start to think of questions that will reflect your writing situation. After going through that process you should go back and select a research question that best suits your topic and will reach you to your end goal. After finding a research question you must make a research proposal. A research proposal is a plan for your research writing assignment. This typically includes a title page, an intro that will identify your topic (issue) and the research question, a review of literature, how you collected your info, a timeline and a working bibliography. This will benefit you when it comes to writing your essay.