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TED Talks. Brainstorming and Researching By TJ Pajimola. Topics & Keywords. 1. Identify TWO main keywords to describe your topic. Topics & Keywords. 2. Generate lists of synonyms. Working Thesis. 3. List problems connected to your keywords. Working Thesis.
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TED Talks Brainstorming and Researching By TJ Pajimola
Topics & Keywords • 1. Identify TWO main keywords to describe your topic.
Topics & Keywords 2. Generate lists of synonyms.
Working Thesis • 3. List problems connected to your keywords.
Working Thesis • 4. List your own ideas about your keywords.
Working Thesis • 5. Merge your best "problems" with your best "ideas."
Research Questions • 6. Identify what may already be true about your working thesis.
Research Questions • 7. Identify additional keywords and subjects you need to learn more about.
Research • 8. Visit the subject guide on the library website: http://libguides.wsulibs.wsu.edu/. List the areas relevant to your working thesis.
Be Radical • 9. Rewrite your working thesis as an imperative with exaggeration.
Be More Radical • 10. Say it again.