Friday, 18 March 2011

Choosing a topic - How? What? Why?

You now have a list of nine different questions from which to choose one to answer for our next writing assignment (Filicietti, 2011).

You have probably already guessed from the "Understanding the Question" section at the end that all nine questions have something in common. We will discuss what they have in common on Monday, but please feel welcome to share your ideas here in advance.

What I really wanted to discuss here is how you should choose your topic.
  • How are you going to choose your topic to write about?
    What are important factors to consider when you are choosing which question you will write an essay on? Why are these important? 
  • Why would you not choose a particular question?
    What are not so important factors? Why aren't they very important? 
As you are making your own choice over the weekend, how are you making that decision? Please feel welcome to share your ideas in a comment.
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References
Filicietti, P. (2001, March). 110314a Definition essay topics.doc. Available from  https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxhZXBjbGFzc25vdGVzfGd4OjE1OWNkYTYyOWFkNWI3MDk [view] and https://sites.google.com/site/aepclassnotes/essays-and-paragraphs/110314aDefinitionessaytopics.doc?attredirects=0&d=1 [download]

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