Making a Claim Worksheet
Before beginning
research, you should have a thesis or research question suitable for a long
argument essay. The following process
will help you narrow the focus of your topic into a question and working thesis
suitable for argument.
1. What
is your general topic of interest? (ex: Bananas):
2.
Narrow that into a Specific Focus. (ex: Banana
Plantations)
3. Develop
a Research Question (what do you want to know?). Must be arguable,
researchable.
a.
(ex: What are the
best practices for banana plantations in Haiti?)
4. State
your thesis and controlling ideas. After some preliminary reading or
brainstorming what is your working thesis?
a. (ex: In Haiti, best practices for managing a
banana plantation focus on proper fertilizing, crop rotation, and harvesting.
b. Controlling
ideas: crop fertilizing, crop rotation, and harvesting methods
5.
What types of evidence would be appropriate for your research and credible
to support your claim?
a.
Identify sources that might contain information? Ex:
agriculture practices in the tropics?
Journals on agriculture methods?
b.
Identify some popular web-based sources appropriate, available,
etc.
c.
What types of rebuttals or arguments oppose your point
of view? (refutation)
6.
Post the
completed form in the D2l drop box by the due date.
1 1. Fake news on social media.
2. How the news and social media influence politics.
3. How has technology and opinion news influenced the current
political climate.
4. a. Technology has changed the way media is delivered directly
to our fingertips all in real time. A large amount of people gets their news
from the influencers they follow on social media, which heavily influences how
one views politics.
4.b. Social
media influence, technology, politics vs technology
5. a. Online
research articles or studies that have been done
b. Galileo, Bloomberg
news, Associated press
c.?
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