proposal for research essay and survey

Topic

• about language
• connects with writer
• narrowed down
• match with proposal, research question, survey questions

Proposal

• 75-100 words
• presents why the topic was chosen
• explains the topic
• match with topic, research question, survey questions

Research Question

• information question (not yes/no)
• answerable through a survey
• interesting; element of unknown
• match with topic, proposal, survey questions

Survey Questions

• at least 5 content questions
• at least 2 demographic questions
• vocabulary is simple
• wording is in the positive (not negative) 
• wording does not presuppose an opinion (for example: Why is divorce wrong?— assumes agreement that divorce is wrong=bad question) 
• wording is grammatically accurate
• match with topic, proposal, research question