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}