The final Research Essay

1. Fascination Essay
(our last big writing assignment)

2. What do you want to know?

3. Start with a question:
Informative
Argumentative

4. Start with a question:
Informative
How does bad dental care
affect our life outcomes?

5. Start with a question:
Informative
Why haven’t we
encountered any aliens yet?

6. Start with a question:
Informative
How do people make money
with YouTube videos?

7. Start with a question:
Argumentative
What’s the best way to
address the Great Pacific
Garbage Patch?

8. Start with a question:
Argumentative
How should we deal with
the opioid crisis?

9. Start with a question:
Argumentative
Does it matter if obscure
languages die out?

10. How do you want to spend your
time?
ArgumentativeInformative
Knowing more about
the world
Figuring out how to
make the world better

11. Brainstorm Questions
ArgumentativeInformative
??? ???

12. Which 3 are the best candidates?
ArgumentativeInformative
??? ???

13. Time to explore
ArgumentativeInformative
Wikipedia
Google Books
Subject-specific periodicals
New York Times
The New Yorker
Real Clear Politics

14. Don’t write anything down
ArgumentativeInformative
Wikipedia
Google Books
Subject-specific periodicals
New York Times
The New Yorker
Real Clear Politics

15. Don’t write anything down
ArgumentativeInformative
Wikipedia
Google Books
Google Scholar
Subject-specific periodicals
New York Times
The New Yorker
The Economist
Real Clear Politics

16. Two Major assignment Types
Traditional
Web-based

17. Traditional

18. Traditional

19. Web-Based
Includes
images

20. Web-Based
Includes
links

21. Web-Based
Includes
charts

22. Web-Based
even video
or tweets

23. Bottom Line The
Fascination
Essay
1500-2000 words
Academic language and subject
Argumentative or Informative
8-12 Credible Sources
Traditional or Web-Based

24. Bottom Line The
Fascination
Essay
Due April 30