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Flexibility
STARTING POINTS: Topics
Be flexible with your research topic. While researching you may get too much information.
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| Too broad a topic: |
Teenage drivers |
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To narrow your topic, ask yourself one or more of these questions.
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| When? |
Today |
| Where? |
United States |
| Who? |
Teenagers, adolescents, youth, drivers, traffic |
| What? |
Safety, risk, speeding, drunk driving |
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Narrowed research argument:
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| Example: |
Safety laws should be enacted that limit teenage driving privileges. |
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Or, you may get too little information, especially if your topic is too narrow or is very new .
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| Too narrow: |
Male teenage drivers in L.A. have more traffic accidents than female drivers in L.A. who are the same age, because men party more. |
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First, identify the most important words and the topic limiters.
Male teenage drivers in L.A. have more traffic accidents than female drivers in L.A. who are the same age, because men party more.
Then, ask these questions, and list synonyms and related words to expand your scope. |
| When? |
Today (or, pick a range of dates, or compare dates) |
| Where? |
Los Angeles, United States |
| Who? |
Teenagers, adolescents, youth, males, females, men, women, drivers |
| What? |
Parties, drinking, sleeplessness; Accidents, reckless driving; traffic safety, speeding, cars, automobiles |
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Broadened research argument:
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In Los Angeles, many factors cause male drivers to have more traffic accidents than female drivers. |
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