Paper details:
“The writer either has a meaning and cannot express it. or he inadvertently says something else. or he is
almost indifferent as to whether his words mean anything or not. This mixture of vagueness and sheer
incompetence is the most marked characteristic of modern English prose, and especially of any kind of
political writing.”
Research Outline:
-Review Project Theory (WHY)
-Define the Problem
-Exploratory Research: Secondary Source. Textual
-Qualitative Research: Primary Source, Interview
-Research Report
Review: Project Theory:
http://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/politics/english/e_polit/
Define the Problem
-Choose a question/problematic as the focus for this project.
-Choose something with political content that provokes responses, curiosity, inquiry, analysis, etc.
Exploratory Research: Secondary , Textual
-Find at least 5 secondary sources (scholarly-2 minimum-and non-scholarly) related to your
question/problem.
-Document these sources and compile your research bibliography.
Qualitative Research: Primary, Interview or Survey
-Investigate the problem/question through interview (following directions for interviewing as explained in
class).
-Develop a set of interview questions that will help you learn more about your problem/question.
-Choose an interviewee (person) for a face-to-face or remote interview: this should be someone you think
could help you answer your question effectively.
-Conduct interview with interviewee permission and follow directions (provided separately) for
collecting/reporting interview data for research purposes.
Research Report
-IMRAD Structure
-5 pages MAXIMUM (not including Works Cited page)
-Standard Font (Helvetica, Times New Roman, etc.)
-1.5 or 2 Space
-MLA Style
Introduction
-Introduce the political question/problem you are investigating
Methods
-Report the methods you used to gather information for this report.
Research
-Report the results of your research (findings in textual research; results of the interview)
Analysis
-Analyze interview answers and information from textual research
Discussion
-Evaluate the interview/textual information, and discuss the information you have discovered. What are the
implications? WHY is the problem the problem? Is there a possible solution?
Resources
-Works Cited, MLA Style
