ESSAY CONSTRUCTION

THERE ARE TWO COMPONENTS TO CONSIDER FORYOUR ESSAY:

1) THESIS CONSTRUCTION

A) OUTLINE THE ISSUE.

B) OUTLINE THE RELEVANT RESEARCH LITERATURE AND FINDINGS RELATED TO THE ISSUE.

C) OUTLINE YOUR PARTICULAR ANGLE/ FOCUS/ CONTRIBUTION TO THE ON-GOING SCHOLARLY CONVERSATION.

D) “THESIS”: CONSTRUCT A CONCISE AND EXPLICIT AND CONTESTABLE ARGUMENT THAT CAN BE DEVELOPED AND SUBSTANTIATED.

2) RESEARCH {SOCIAL-STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS}

A) “DATA”

(I) EXAMPLES {EMPIRICAL/ ANTECDOTAL}

(II) STATISTICAL PATTERNS {RATES/ POLLS/ CONTENT ANALTYSIS/ DEMOGRAPHICS}

(III) PARTICIPANT OVSERVATION {ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY/ INTERVIEWS}

(IV) PRIOR RESEARCH FINDINGS {ESTABLISHED BODY OF EVIDENCE/ KNOWLEDGE/ LITERATURE}

B) “ANALYSIS”

(I) TYPES

(II) PROCESSES

(III) PARADIGMS {CAPITALISM/ PATRIARCHY/ WHITE HEGEMONY}