To make the research process more effective, you should settle on the position you want to take or main idea you plan to express before you begin to do your research.

1. true

2. false

What is the MOST important purpose of conducting research at the college level? Question 2 options:

a) to consider your rhetorical situation and develop a research question that will be appropriate to your situation

b) to discover knowledge, new perspectives, and solutions to problems, and develop your own ideas to add to the conversation on an issue

c) to find a topic that you are interested in and excited about d) to find credible sources and use those sources to support your position on an issue

Which of the following activities is involved in college-level research? Question 3 options:

a) creating a working thesis that makes an arguable claim and providing reasons to support your claim

b) asking a research question and then searching for knowledge, perspectives, and solutions

c) discovering an interesting topic and focusing your topic so that it is manageable

d) All of these activities are involved in college-level research.

Which of the following potential topics for an essay about the issue of homelessness is the MOST narrow? Question 4 options: a) causes and effects of homelessness in New York City

b) effects of housing and nutrition assistance for homeless Latino children entering the public school system in California

c) effects of homelessness for Latino children in the public school system in America

d) causes of homelessness for Latinas in America

You have come up with the following question to guide your research: "How should gun control legislation be changed so that mass shootings might be less likely to occur?" Which genre of essay would this research question MOST likely lead to? Question 5 options:

a) analysis

b) argument

c) narrative

d) report