ENGL 1102 - Comp II - GEHLER: Choosing a topic
The 5 Ws
Formulating a Research Question
Click on the links below for tips on turning a research topic into a question:
Getting Started
The secret? A workable focus!
Your aim is to explain:
1. what you are writing about: I am working on the topic of?
2. what you don’t know about it: because I want to find out?
3. why you want your reader to know and care about it: in order to help my reader understand better...
Booth, Wayne C.; Colomb, Gregory G.; Williams, Joseph M.. Craft of Research (3rd Edition). Chicago, IL, USA: University of Chicago Press, 2009. p 48. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/armstrongasu/Doc?id=10288700&ppg=67
Narrowing a Topic
