In a sentence or two, describe the key argument(s), angle(s), and/or audience(s) of your major scholarly project for English 302 this semester. Then write three paragraphs (500-700 words total) regarding your work on it, using the questions below as a guide. You should include specific examples and even short quotations from your own project.
1. Describe 2-3 key steps you took as you initially designed your research question/topic and then conducted the research for it; explain how these are similar to what scholars in your field might do for similar projects. Identify one or two places in your final project where readers can see the results of those steps.
2. Describe 2-3 key steps or strategies that were important as you drafted and revised your project to meet the expectations of scholarly or professional readers in your field. You might consider decisions you made regarding your focus, your evidence, and/or the structure or presentation of your project. Use quotations or examples from one or two sections of your final project to illustrate how you applied scholarly conventions appropriate for your field.
3. Explain 1 or 2 ways that your project contributes to a scholarly or professional conversation about the issue: what were some key ideas, arguments, questions, and/or gaps in that conversation that you noticed? What new focus, emphasis, or evidence does your essay introduce into the conversation? What additional research or analysis could happen now, and why might it be important for scholars or professionals in your field?