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Narrowing & Developing<\/h1>\r\nNarrowing Your Topic \/ Asking the Right Questions<\/strong>\r\n\r\n\"AIt may seem easy to choose a topic for a research paper, but it can actually be difficult sometimes. In fact, determining a good, solid research question can be one of the hardest parts of writing a strong research paper.\r\n\r\nHere are some guidelines to help you.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nIf you are able to choose your topic, find a topic that interests you. If your topic is assigned, try thinking about an aspect of that topic you find most interesting. You\u2019ll be spending a great deal of time working on this paper. Make sure that it\u2019s about something that you really are interested in learning to understand very well.\r\n\r\nKeep in mind that your final topic and research question won\u2019t simply come to you by thinking about it. You need to get out there and start digging\u2014through books, through encyclopedias, and through internet sites. Pick a general topic that attracts you, and then roll up your sleeves and start reading. The narrowed topic and research question will only come to you as you wrestle with the material related to that topic.\r\n\r\n
\r\n\r\nNow, here\u2019s one of the keys to doing a research paper for a college course. Don\u2019t try to write the history of everything about your topic. Instead, find one small intriguing aspect of your topic and focus on that. A good research paper is not a big, general history or overview of everything that covers a great deal of information in a very superficial manner. It\u2019s narrowed and focused and goes deep into a limited area of a topic.\r\n\r\nBy the time you are finished researching and writing, you have become something of an expert on that very narrow topic. Let\u2019s take an example and walk you through the process.","rendered":"

Narrowing & Developing<\/h1>\n

Narrowing Your Topic \/ Asking the Right Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"AIt may seem easy to choose a topic for a research paper, but it can actually be difficult sometimes. In fact, determining a good, solid research question can be one of the hardest parts of writing a strong research paper.<\/p>\n

Here are some guidelines to help you.<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you are able to choose your topic, find a topic that interests you. If your topic is assigned, try thinking about an aspect of that topic you find most interesting. You\u2019ll be spending a great deal of time working on this paper. Make sure that it\u2019s about something that you really are interested in learning to understand very well.<\/p>\n

Keep in mind that your final topic and research question won\u2019t simply come to you by thinking about it. You need to get out there and start digging\u2014through books, through encyclopedias, and through internet sites. Pick a general topic that attracts you, and then roll up your sleeves and start reading. The narrowed topic and research question will only come to you as you wrestle with the material related to that topic.<\/p>\n

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Now, here\u2019s one of the keys to doing a research paper for a college course. Don\u2019t try to write the history of everything about your topic. Instead, find one small intriguing aspect of your topic and focus on that. A good research paper is not a big, general history or overview of everything that covers a great deal of information in a very superficial manner. It\u2019s narrowed and focused and goes deep into a limited area of a topic.<\/p>\n

By the time you are finished researching and writing, you have become something of an expert on that very narrow topic. Let\u2019s take an example and walk you through the process.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t

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