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The Issue Question

The Issue Question. Using the Reading . Use the reading as a starting point. Did the reading leave you with any questions? Are you curious to learn more about a topic?. Narrowing Your Topic. Creating an issue question allows you to narrow your topic so that your research is manageable.

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The Issue Question

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  1. The Issue Question

  2. Using the Reading • Use the reading as a starting point. • Did the reading leave you with any questions? • Are you curious to learn more about a topic?

  3. Narrowing Your Topic • Creating an issue question allows you to narrow your topic so that your research is manageable. • A good issue questions will help you concentrate on the information you want and ignore information that is irrelevant.

  4. Consider What You Know • Make a list of things you already know about your topic. • Make a list of things you WANT to know about your topic.

  5. Make it Interesting • If you think your research question is fun and interesting, it will show in your writing. • Choose something original and creative.

  6. Clear and Simple • A clear and simple question will get more complex as you do your research. • Don’t ask a super complex question. It will only make your research process more complicated.

  7. Use “Should” to Make it Arguable • The question should present a problem that can be challenged, examined and analyzed. • To make your question arguable, try starting with the word “should.”

  8. Example • Topic: Media and Censorship • What I know: more censorship takes place now than before, words can give a movie an R rating but violence is not really considered, the internet has just been more censored • What I want to know: who decides what is censored? Who decides what rating movies get? How do they decide what is no longer censored.

  9. Example cont. • Issue Question: Should the government or any other group be able to censor television or radio programs? • Working thesis: The government should not be allowed to censor television or radio programs.

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