Review Questions

Working with classmates or independently, respond to the following questions:

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  1. Question

    What strategies can you use to identify a problem that interests you—a problem with potential solutions?

  2. Question

    What questions can you ask to learn more about the audience of a paper that proposes a solution to a problem? Think of a topic for such a paper, and ask these questions about the potential audience. Did going through this process make you think differently about how you might approach the topic? If so, how?

  3. Question

    What types of information might flesh out an outline for a paper that proposes a solution to a problem, making the proposal more persuasive? If you have written or are writing a proposal paper, ask yourself if you could add any of this type of information to make your paper more effective.