I'm working on a english question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

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Do some brainstorming to arrive at a possible focus for your argument. Do some initial reading and research to find a topic of interest. Consider the issues we’ve encountered and discussed, as well as the ideas presented in the texts we’ve read [note, it must be a different topic than you had for RP1]. Develop an initial position statement. 2. Then write a paragraph or two explaining your interest in this focus. 3. Make a research plan. Specifically, what do you need or hope to find? What questions need to be answered? What kinds of sources will you seek out? Be specific. What help do you need? This portion of the process is where you shape the goals of your paper and we help you refine them. Complete each of the separate parts of this assignment to receive credit (type and number them!)

You want to pick a topic and position that will be easily argued and researched. So take a general idea and find subdivisions and ways to narrow it down to something workable for this purpose and scope.

Don't try to argument "our country is a dystopia." Obviously, there are thousands of ways you must explain and reasons you must argue. Also don't make the mistake of arguing "we have no freedom." What kinds of freedom do you mean? There are hundreds of freedoms from speech and thought to enslaving others! Pick one specific type, like "freedom to protest" or "freedom to own tanks".

Also don't try to argue "the media is bad." Again, media means hundreds of things and "bad" is vague. Don't take on too much [even if you want to!]. Don't try to argue "tv teaches bad lessons about life." Do you mean ALL programs and commercials, including religious ones and Sesame Street? You might say, well no, of course not. But unless you use specific language, readers will expect it. How about "YouTube teaches bad morals"? Again, I'd say all of Youtube millions of videos? And what do you mean by "bad morals"? All aspects of morality? You probably don't want to cover all that and don't mean that anyway. Try something like "most graphic novels teach readers distorted and dangerous views of sexuality, although there are some who break this trend." That's still not perfect – and I'd have to define "distorted and dangerous," but at least I've got a focused topic [graphic novels] and a particular subject [sexuality] and a mostly negative position.

So pick a specific subject with a narrow focus and take a clear position, even if it is mixed. It will make your research, reasoning, and writing much easier!