Here is the hand-out for essay 3, the research paper.
The proposal for the paper is due Monday, May 17. The proposal should state which piece of literature you will be doing research about and what focus you are choosing for your research. Your focus will be based on what your question is about the literature. The research then becomes the answer to your question.
I am fully aware that you may change your project as you work on your research. As you learn more, you may find a new focus that interests you more than the one you describe in your proposal. If this happens, it's fine. In fact, it's part of the discovery process in doing a research paper. So don't get too bent out of shape thinking you have to come up with the perfect focus in your research paper proposal. Still, as always, being specific is more useful than being vague.
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