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p2 Assignment Details
p2 Assignment Details
Overview: In Writing Project 2, you will implement a multipart research plan that will be tied to
Writing Project 3. In order to do this, you will identify an issue that you care about. You will record
your findings using annotated bibliographies (a common academic research format). You might
think of these bibliographies as your “researcher’s journal.” This research will culminate in an
in-class Dialogue and "investigative essay." In your investigative essay you will explore how your
researched sources interrelate to multiple perspectives on an issue. In summary, your project will
focus on research around an issue significant to you while maintaining a neutral perspective.
Part 1 Requirements: For this writing assignment you will research a contemporary issue by
exploring how it is represented, discussed, and critiqued in popular and academic sources. Your
annotated bibliographies must include at least 7 sources selected from the categories below:
For a sample annotation, click here. As you annotate each source, include the following
requirements:
4. Excerpts (2-3 quotations): What quote or quotes do you think best capture the argument
from this source? What sentence(s) could you draw into your own essay that might compel
readers to understand your topic and corresponding perspectives?
Your goal with this essay is to show how your many researched sources relate. By mapping their
relationships, you will create an overview of the topic and how it is being engaged by others. To
prompt your thinking about this portion of the writing project, you might consider the following
questions:
The investigative essay should teach your audience what you have learned during your research,
and therefore, should be: 1) written with a balanced approach that avoids taking a particular
position, and 2) informative, rhetorically appealing, and accessible to a targeted audience.
Project Submission: Much of your process work for this project will be posted to Canvas and/or
completed in class. Specific details about the process work of WP2 will be posted in Canvas or
discussed in lecture. The structure should follow the template I have provided for this project.