Yvette Cantu

Narrowing a Topic
COM/150 Version 6
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Associate Program Material
Narrowing a Topic
Example Worksheet
Review the following example worksheet:
What general topic hae !o" selecte#$ Education
What components% or s"&topics% are relate#
to this topic$
Multiple intelligences
Classroom management
Importance of higher education
enefits of higher education
Elementar! school
"tandardi#ed testing
$arental involvement
What partic"lar aspect o' this topic
interests !o" most$ Classroom management
What is !o"r p"rpose or goal 'or writing an
essa! on this topic$
To explain to the reader the various methods of
classroom management used in the
elementar!%school classroom
What ("estions #o !o" want to answer or
a##ress in the essa!$
&hat st!les of classroom management
exist'
&hat effect does classroom management
have on the classroom'
What is !o"r narrowe# topic choice 'or 'inal
expositor! essa!$
Classroom management in the elementar!%
school classroom
)s !o"r topic still too &roa# 'or the length o'
the paper$ Explain !o"r answer* )' so% how
might !o" narrow it '"rther$
No( I think m! narrowed topic would )e
accepta)le for the length of the final paper* I
will )e a)le to explain the various t!pes of
classroom%management st!les and explain the
effect that the! have on the classroom*
Yvette Cantu
Narrowing a Topic
COM/150 Version 6
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Expositor! Essa! Topic+ Option 1 Worksheet
If !ou selected ,ption 1 for this assignment( complete the following worksheet:
What general topic hae !o" selecte#$ ull!ing
What components% or s"&topics% are relate#
to this topic$
"uicide
-epression
$eer pressure
-rug use
What partic"lar aspect o' this topic
interests !o" most$ "uicide
What is !o"r p"rpose or goal 'or writing an
essa! on this topic$
To explain to the reader how )ull!ing affects
our communit!*
What ("estions #o !o" want to answer or
a##ress in the essa!$
&h! kids )ecome )ullies'
.ow kids )ecome )ull!/s'
.ow kids feel when )ullied'
.ow )ull!ing affects all the famil!'
What is !o"r narrowe# topic choice 'or 'inal
expositor! essa!$
ulling leads to suicide*
)s !o"r topic still too &roa# 'or the length o'
the paper$ Explain !o"r answer* )' so% how
might !o" narrow it '"rther$
No( I think the length of m! paper would )e a
good length )ecause this topic has man!
interesting su)topics* In m! paper I will explain
how )ulling affects our communit! and can lead
to suicide*
Yvette Cantu
Narrowing a Topic
COM/150 Version 6
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Fact refers to information verifia)le through evidence* Opinion refers to an impression open to
dispute* .ow might !ou differentiate )etween fact and opinion as !ou develop !our narrowed
topic'
A fact can be differentiated between a fact and opinion. An opinion is a
something that a person thinks about a certain thing and a fact has evidence. A fact has
usually dates and times and an opinion does not.