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Finding a topic for your paper

Finding a topic for your paper. Remember Writing Territories?. STRONG!. Topic = thesis statement core. That thesis is what will motivate and influence all research The thesis is also what your writing will develop from.

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Finding a topic for your paper

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  1. Finding a topic for your paper Remember Writing Territories?

  2. STRONG! • Topic = thesis statement core. • That thesis is what will motivate and influence all research • The thesis is also what your writing will develop from. • Weak topic selection can lead to a weak thesis which can doom you into mediocrity.

  3. Risk/Originality! • Overdone topics = annoying to those who listen to year in and year out.  • Unless you can add a PERSONAL SPIN… • BE ORIGINAL! • Making a topic personal and adding yourself can turn even the most done topic into something fresh. • New research to cite helps! • Best = new, risky topic.  Boundaries exist, but choosing a controversial/taboo topic can instantly draw in your audience.  

  4. Universality • Topic can captivate the interest of a majority of the audience.  • Never select a topic to humor audiences • But try to chose a subject that others can find interesting.  • Holding an audience captive and raising their curiosity is AWESOME!

  5. Can it be researched? • It is difficult to cite anything when sources are near non-existence.  • This can either come from the selected topic not having much resources written on the topic OR because the information is not accessible.  • Either way, this leaves you in a limited position of what you can learn and cite regarding the issue.

  6. Be Concise! • Select a topic that can be turned into a concise thesis.  • Hard to write a paper when the thesis is so broad that it seems as if the topic changes mid-research.  • Be narrow.  • The larger a thesis/topic is, the easier it is for the paper to enter inflation as you try to touch upon every idea or tangent you can find.  Find the main idea of a subject and write about that.

  7. Love it! • If you do not love your topic then that will be reflected in your paper.  • Your analysis will be rushed and your research thin.  • Love what you do!

  8. Some I could think of…(or stole from debate) • Is the Confederate Flag Racist? • Americans are stupid. • Is it necessary to cheat your way through school? • 16 and NOT pregnant! • I’m a teen, not a criminal: Changing perceptions of teens. • Think of you.. What you like, what you’re into…

  9. Here’s some goodies… • Racial profiling is a legitimate law-enforcement policy. • The “White”-centric world we live in. • Pay me what I’m worth – equally the “gender gap” in pay. • Are homosexual characters appropriate in daytime TV? • High school classes should be separated by gender.

  10. More goodies… • Get Your Business Out of My Sports! • Let the rich eat my taxes! • Literature today is still same-old, same-old (gender issues) • Martha Stewart was persecuted • Or.. Increased punishment for “white-collar” crimes. • European systems (pick education, health care, etc) are better. • TV is NOT me. • Female stereotypes are well-deserved. • Becoming Amish and other ways to get around taxes

  11. Overdone • Abortion • Gay marriage/adoption • Media stereotypes • Eating disorders • Steroids • Death penalty. • Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.. I’m sorry I fell asleep!

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