Please read Chapter 17 on "Proposals" in Strategies for Technical Communication. ( in your own word please )

1.Can you think of any examples of verbal or written proposals you have made (this can be as a student, in the workplace, or in other areas of your life)? What are some of the different types of proposals described in the textbook?

2.Give an example of a specific proposal you can imagine someone in a technical field needing to write, and say who/what the audience and purpose for that proposal would be. What are some of the important organizational elements of a proposal?

3.Look at our assignment sheet for the Research Proposal, and then look at the strategies for proposals given in the book. What are two or three strategies that you plan to use as you work on your Research Proposal?

4.After reading the Research Proposal handout and the handouts in the Formal Report Information module, do you have some ideas for potential paper topics that you could explore in your Research Proposal?

5.Make sure they are technical topics--if you're not sure if a topic idea fits, please feel free to email me. Brainstorm and list a few possible topics below (try and list at least five ideas).