English 202 Fall 2004 - Research Writing
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Everyday Research Proposal

 

Elements:

  1. Title Page - Working Title, Name, Class information.
  2. Abstract - Summary of the project, specifying: topic, relevant conversation, and research question. Also provides brief overview of source types. (Max. 1 page)
  3. Introduction - Identifies topic, conversation, and research question. Explains the research question in terms of: your interest, OR its importance, OR relation to ongoing conversations.  The introduction addresses how your purpose relates to the theme of the everyday (eg. discovering the unfamiliar aspect of something familiar).
  4. Review of Literature - Briefly overviews "key and ideas and information in the sources you've collected so far."  This should not read like a bibliography so much as a picture of the kinds/types of resources you intend to work with.
  5. Search Plan & Project Timeline - Sketch out the process steps your specific project will require.
  6. Working Bibliography - Conclude with a list of sources that you have uncovered thus far and intend to incorporate into your final paper; you may choose to list them alphabetically by author or, if helpful, grouping them into kinds of information (eg. history, personal stories, academic studies, etc.).

 

 

   
(The descriptions above are adapted from The Bedford Researcher, Mike Palmquist. See Bedford, Ch 4d for further guidance. You may choose to use the textbook website and CD-Rom to aid you in this activity. A number of Worksheets are available at the textbook website.)

 
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