Engl 1302

  

1.  What defines a “controversy within a current topic”?

2.  What are three current topics that are important or interesting to you?  Why?  (Write at least 250 words.)

3.  What makes writing academic?  How does academic writing differ from non-academic, casual writing?  (Write at least 250 words.)

4.  Using What Is Research?, What Is Research Writing?, and The Qualities of a Good Research Question as your guides:

· 4A)  Write a one-sentence research question regarding one of your three topics from question 2.

· 4B)  Use this research question to find sources of information on your topic.  What sources emerge as credible to you?  (Websites, books, TV programs, etc.)

· 4C)  What new knowledge did you acquire about your topic?  (Write at least 250 words.)

5.  Summarize the information found in The Qualities of a Good Research Question.  What is the difference between research and source-based writing?

Pay attention: Questions 2, 3, and 4C require at least 250 words each.  The rest have no word-count requirement.  Again, always post word counts for all answers.