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BBG: Exploring Topics

Mariah McCurry
                In this chapter of Bedford Book of Genres, I read about exploring topics for research papers.  Writing a research paper can be stressful and overwhelming throughout the whole process; however, this chapter identified some ways in which we can start our paper and put together ideas. One of the reasons writing a research paper is so overwhelming is because there are almost unlimited amounts of research and even more resources; BUT, it is important to pick the right topic and the right resources. Some topics may be to vague or maybe some topics are extremely subjective and it is difficult to find true and enough information about that topic. In addition, Since the internet is open to everyone to post and share whatever they think or feel, it is important that a writer picks appropriate sources that are true and accurate. But before one goes onto the research and composing the final paper, they must go through a couple steps.
                It is important to brainstorm ideas and even talk to your peers about the topic or look online for a little bit more information. Like I mentioned before, it is important that you are looking for facts and not opinions. Through preliminary research, you will look up information written by non-experts. After the preliminary research, one should have their topic picked out if it is a viable topic that fits with the assignments. I will definitely use the forming research questions more often because it helps outline what parts of the topic I will research and write about.

                

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  1. Haley KetchumFebruary 1, 2018 at 12:08 PM

    I also struggle with choosing a topic, and I agree that you need to double check your resources as it could be providing biased or inaccurate information.

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  2. Annie WhiddonFebruary 12, 2018 at 7:19 PM

    It is a good reminder to know to look for facts and not opinion pieces; having reliable sources goes a long way and provides you with more opportunity to expand your ideas.

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  3. UnknownFebruary 13, 2018 at 12:09 PM

    I agree that this chapter gives great guidelines for how to start the process of picking a research topic that we'll be successful with. Picking one can be frustrating sometimes but I think this chapter definitely makes it easier to narrow it down.

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