ENG 102 Writing Project 1: The Research Proposal (-10% on final version if the completed draft is not ready and does not undergo peer review)
Draft for Peer Review Due March 2nd

What you propose to argue, how will you argue it, how will you research it?

Critical to this project is the research strategy, which should be 1/3 to 1/2 of the paper.

In a 3 to 5 page paper, identify a specific argumentative research question both narrow and broad enough appropriate for a rhetorical response. For this paper you may use I since you are laying out your intentions, but in the final draft you will need to remove it.

Audience: Your English 102 instructor

Genre: A research plan – Formatting Conventions: OWL PURDUE (MLA pages)

Language: Formal language

Purpose:

• To identify a research topic to investigate.       
• To propose and justify a research plan to address the research question
• To start locating relevant sources
• To introduce background information sources as they help develop your topic and acknowledge what you still need to find

Develop research questions around this theme: How does a heroic or villainous public figure reflect values and problems of the culture?

• • How does he/she/it reveal a culture’s value systems, its systemic crises, the fears and needs of a particular culture, time and place?
  • Why does the particular group feel it needs this kind of hero/villain?
  • How does this good and/or bad public icon reflect a specific culture and its problems and values?

For example, if you wanted to discuss Thanos (YES, REALLY)

• What about comic books provides a way to assess cultural values, whos values (describe the group) and how are they time relevant.
• Can a comic villain seriously reflect culture in the real world beyond Comicon participants? Prove it.
• Did the authors say anything about their intentions to reflect on real world issues?
• In the big paper, you only want to tell me enough about his story to prove your argument you don’t need to tell me his history unless it is relevant to your argument. This is true for all your papers. Backstory, only as much as we need.

Criteria:

• The quality of thesis/research/argument being posed
• A thorough & complete research strategy. How do you intend to actively use resources to shape your argument?
  Critical to this project is the research strategy, which should be 1/3 to 1/2 of the paper.  
  How will you structure your research plan?
• Format: MLA
  • Times New Roman 12 pt. font, Double spaced (only double spaced)
  • 1-inch margins all around, .5 indention for paragraph, Centered Title
  • Heading (Your name, my name, date, class-section)
  • Page numbering inside document header (Name space page number)
  • Only regular font unless you are using Italics for Book titles. (no bold, underline, italics)
  • See Owl Purdue MLA (website) to verify how to format book, article etc. titles in text
• Language (grammar, punctuation, syntax)

NO WORKS CITED PAGE required for this project but it may be wise to start one as you find sources you want to use.

GENERAL QUESTIONS

• What is your thesis? (It needs to be argumentative) Why is this topic significant?
• What do you already know about this topic? What more do you need to know?
• Who else is interested in this topic? (stakeholders, audience)
• What are the various perspectives on this topic? (i.e. rebuttal arguments)
• What are relevant, credible sources that address your topic? (that you know of so far)

Specific areas of research in light of this theme:

• What is the time period, what crisis creates the need for a hero? Why now?
• What values are promoted by the heros particular strengths and weaknesses?
• How does this heros example provide a voice for the helpless and the innocent (and who is in this group)?
• What would happen, how is history altered by this example of heroism?
• Who does not see this hero as heroic?
• What is the legacy left behind?

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