Research proposal sample & info (1).pdf

English 201 | Research Paper Proposal
The capstone to English 201 is writing an extensive, well-documented research paper around a topic to some degree of your choosing. First, of course, you must explore and find a topic that interests you enough to write a lengthy research paper and about which you can form questions to research. The topic must be complex, with multiple sides, and it must be timely or appropriate to some historical context that you name.
I have compiled a list of potential topics you may choose from, depending on your personal interests. If you have a topic idea different from what appears on this page, discuss it with me for approval.
These are general topic ideas that must be specified; one way to do this is by forming good questions about the general topics. Questions will lead you to a specific purpose for your research. It is essential that you specify your topic so that your paper is focused and does not generalize and wander. You could write hundreds of thousands of pages on each of the topics below and still not exhaust the subject; honing your research into some very specific questions you’d like to investigate will help you to form a clear path of investigation and argument.
Potential topic ideas:
Income inequality/social stratification
Universal basic income (UBI)
Job automation/the benefits and drawbacks of automation
Universal healthcare
College tuition/free higher education
Standardized tests and college admissions
The American Dream/Poverty in America
The influence of the food industry on consumer choices and health
Fad diets & the diet industry
The ethics of eating animals (consider animal ethics and planet health)
Social media benefits & drawbacks
Police force/brutality and reform
The American incarceration system
Drug legalization
The cultural and social construction of race and race identities/racisms
(Social) Media, culture, and body image/body dysmorphia/eating disorders/masculinity and femininity
Political correctness & free inquiry/free expression in society and the academy
Cancel culture, fragility/anti-fragility, and free speech
Gender identity and gender roles
Masculinity (hypo- and hypermasculinity), race, gender, and/or culture
Sex and sexuality (LGBTQIA+ issues)
Media bias
Other topics you propose
Your research proposal should take the following format:
A working title (you may change this later)
An introduction paragraph that identifies your topic, why you see it as important, and your purpose for working on this topic
A paragraph or two discussing components of your topic that particularly interest you (e.g., instead of “I plan to research the effects of the food industry on consumers,” perhaps more specifically, “I am interested in how pre-language toddlers are branded by the fast-food industry.”) You do not have to research all of the areas you list in this section, but this is an opportunity to list all of the areas you’d like to consider for your paper—you will need eventually to hone them for the final paper topic
A paragraph explaining some currently held ideas on multiple sides of the topic you’ve chosen and the side you may be leaning toward (this is called a “review of literature” section)
A paragraph listing possible research questions about your topic you would like to investigate and answer (these will need to be refined later as well for a more focused paper)
A paragraph explaining how you plan to collect your information and what types of sources you are considering using
A paragraph explaining how your readers will benefit from your project
A paragraph that discusses key challenges, biases, or limitations you may face (including your own limitations/biases)
A paragraph that explains a proposed project timeline as you work through different stages of your paper (collecting information, logging sources, forming a thesis and research questions, drafting, editing and revising, submitting the final work, etc.)
You may examine the sample student research proposal on Canvas as a guide to what you are expected to do. Do not in any way copy this student example, but feel free to use it as a guide.
Research Proposal Sample & Info (1).pdf

A minimum of four body paragraphs that defend your thesis statement

Now that you have written a thesis statement and created an outline for your paper, you will use the critical reading skills practiced in this course to defend your interpretation of the literary text you have chosen to analyze. Keep in mind the importance of “close reading” or “reading between the lines.”
Your paper must include the following:
An introduction that provides relevant background information and ends with your thesis statement
A minimum of four body paragraphs that defend your thesis statement
A minimum of three references from reliable sources; one must be a scholarly, academic article, and all must be cited at least once in the paper
A conclusion that reaffirms your thesis statement and addresses wider implications

Analyze the underlying patters and the ways in which one character’s vision differs from another’s.

1. Is Garcin a coward? Why or why not?
2. Examine the masculine-feminine dynamic in the play. What does Sartre seem to be saying about the battle of the sexes? Is it even important that Inez and Estelle are women and Garcin a man? Is Sartre’s argument gender-based or gender-neutral?
3. Estelle cannot bear the absence of mirrors in the room. Discuss the idea that hell might be the inability to see oneself.
4. Analyze the play’s title. Be sure to consider the original French: Huis Clos (which translates into camera in French).
5. Does No Exit offer hope?
6. All three characters are able, at certain points, to “watch” the world of the living. Analyze the underlying patters and the ways in which one character’s vision differs from another’s.

Body paragraph 2

Analytical Outline
I. Introduction
A. Background info: Since the presidency of George Washington, America has
become trillions in debt.
B. Background info: Families are losing homes and the poverty levels continue to
spike.
C. Background info: The verge of another war is leading America on edge.
D. Thesis statement: Barack Obama’s Acceptance Speech at the Democratic
Convention Mile High Stadium, Denver Colorado uses the past presidencies to
show America the way he will change on America.
II. Body Paragraph 1
A. Topic sentence: America’s continued failures over the last eight years with
Washington as president; has led to debt, war, and grief on the American people.
1. passage: “This country is more decent than one where a woman in Ohio,
on the brink of retirement, finds herself one illness away from disaster
after a lifetime of hard work” (Obama 2008).
a. interpretation: In context, one can see that the women in Ohio
would not have the funds of survival after retirement. The money
she had would be vanished by medications and medical issues. She
would then have to rely on family for help; thus causing more debt
for her and the family.
2. passage: “This country is more generous than one where a man in Indiana
has to pack up the equipment he’s worked on for twenty years and watch it
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shipped off to China, and then chokes up as he explains how he felt like a
failure when he went home to tell his family the news” (Obama 2008).
a. interpretation: The materials being shipped are providing his
family an entire loss which led the main to despair and hurt when
having to tell his family that he lost everything.
3. passage: “We are more compassionate than a government that lets
veterans sleep on our streets and families slide into poverty; that sits on its
hands while a major American city drowns before our eyes” (Obama
2008).
a. interpretation: Those who served shouldn’t have to be fighting the
streets after serving this country, but the poverty and debt ratio
spiking is not creating jobs, leaving those veterans with medical
issues that they can’t afford to treat, and leaving them jobless after
serving.
4. passage: “When the average American family saw its income go up
$7,500 instead of down $2,000 like it has under George Bush” (Obama
2008).
a. interpretation: Income ratios depleting, showing the American
poverty rates increasing due to Washington’s presidency over eight
years.
5. passage: “When I listen to another worker tell me that his factory has shut
down, I remember all those men and women on the South Side of Chicago
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who I stood by and fought for two decades ago after the local steel plant
closed” (Obama 2008).
a. interpretation: The loss of businesses during his presidency didn’t
help the average American worker be able to provide for their
families. The rate of employment decreasing.
6. passage: “I think about my mom, who raised my sister and me on her own
while she worked and earned her degree; who once turned to food stamps
but was still able to send us to the best schools in the country with the help
of student loans and scholarships” (Obama 2008).
a. interpretation: For those single mothers continuing to fight to
provide, lack of sleep and student loans, they still continued to
struggle with the economy.
III. Body Paragraph 2
A. Topic/transition sentence: Through promises of changes; The American people
have hope.
1. passage: “It’s a promise that says the market should reward drive and
innovation and generate growth, but that businesses should live up to their
responsibilities to create American jobs, look out for American workers,
and play by the rules of the road” (Obama 2008).
a. interpretation: When workers continue to prove diligence and
compassion at work, raises should come. People should be able to
create more businesses within the improving economy.
2. passage: “…Provide every child a decent education” (Obama 2008).
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a. interpretation: The education system will improve as teachers
would become more generous in salary. The more teachers we
have to educate the children, we are able to show the kids more
dedication to the future.
3. passage: “..invest in new schools and new roads and new science and
technology” (Obama 2008).
a. interpretation: Investing in science/technology aspects will lead to
future improvements on businesses and the overall being of life
and communication methods.
4. passage: “Our Government should work for us, not against us. It should
help us, not hurt us” (Obama 2008).
a. interpretation: Doesn’t matter race, gender, religion, but those
willing to work should be able. No discrimination.
5. passage: “I am my brother’s keeper; I am my sister’s keeper” (Obama
2008).
a. interpretation: Everyone needs to help everyone as ONE nation.
IV. Conclusion
A. Restatement of thesis: Lowered taxes, compassion in one’s country and less war
according to Obama, will lead America to be great again.
B. So what? Ad

It rather breaks down a text to show how the author constructed it and why the author made his or her specific rhetorical analysis

assignments, compose a rhetorical analysis of a text (article/essay)
The text can be on any topic but it must be one continuous piece at least 3 full pages excluding any graphics that accompany the text and it must be written by an author whose credentials you can verify. The text may not be an interview. Your MLA-formatted paper of at least 1000 words (ca. 3 pages excluding the work-cited entry for the text) will explain the rhetorical techniques that the author of the text has used to target his or her primary audience.
Rhetorical Analysis
The rhetorical analysis for our class is the close reading of a text to figure out exactly how it functions; in other words, you analyze how the components of an argument work together to persuade its intended audience.
A rhetorical analysis is NOT a summary. It rather breaks down a text to show how the author constructed it and why the author made his or her specific rhetorical analysis

Discuss your plan for meeting the challenge of developing your writing skills to be better prepared for applications in your field.

Your paper is required to have an introduction paragraph that will include a thesis sentence and a conclusion paragraph that helps provide closure. Additionally, your body paragraphs will be expected to address the following ideas:
Describe your personal ethos.
Survey the development of your writing skills over the last five weeks.
Refer to your discussion board work, as well as any assessments you made in your Week 3 paper.
Be sure to describe how your writing skills stand now, listing particular strengths as well as challenges you still face.
Investigate how the personal ethos you articulated in the Week 2 paper helped you develop in this class.
Reference specific traits or qualities that fueled specific growth opportunities.
Discuss your plan for meeting the challenge of developing your writing skills to be better prepared for applications in your field.
Produce a clear vision of where you will be in five years and how your experience and skills have shaped that development.
Refer to your unique experiences and specific skills to help chart this path forward.

The Future Opportunities Essay,
Must be five to seven pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style (Links to an external site.) as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft Word (Links to an external site.)
Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.
Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) as well as Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.), refer to the Writing Center resources.
Must use at least three credible sources in addition to the course text.
The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view The University of Arizona Global Campus Library Quick ‘n’ Dirty (Links to an external site.) tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.
Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper