Reference no: EM133413711
Julie Dash, Daughters of the Dust
Using the above narrative about black women, answer the following questions using an essay;
Description of the questions; This is a research essay and you are expected to answer this essay in first person narrative form. While you may be accustomed to writing research proposals prior to doing the research, this assignment asks you a) to begin the research process, b) to reflect on where it is leading you an c) to make a plan for how you will complete the final essay.
The question says about black women's leadership and matriarchy in Julie Dash's Daughter of the dust.
This research essay proposal should include three steps written in the first person voice/perspective.
Phase 1: What & Why I Want to Find Out
Answer the following questions: Why did I pick this topic? What do I presently know (do not know?) and do what I want to know? How will this research make a difference in my life? Then, show your hypothesis. What will you attempt to prove or show in your paper? What is the expected outcome of your research? What do you think you will discover? a paragraph.
Phase 2: How I did my research
Begin your research process and record it in narrative form (telling a story in order)... During this phase, you should identify at least three secondary sources that you might use in the final paper. Highlight what methods you used to initiate your research and what roadblocks or opportunities you found along the way. a paragraphs.
Questions to consider for this phase include:
How did you start the research process? Where did you look?
What sources/resources did you find?
What problems did you encounter in the research process?
What breakthroughs did you make while searching for information? / What knowledge did you find meaningful to better understand your topic and why?
What resources were most helpful?
Phase 3: What I Discovered
After concluding your research, compare what you thought you knew, assumed, or imagined with what you discovered, and offer some personal commentary and draw some conclusions. Consider what information or sources you may still need to write your final essay and what steps you might take to complete this process. For example, let's say your topic was the HIV/AIDS crisis and Black queer life. Initially you might have believed that research would show that personal behaviors (such as abstinence) might help to reduce HIV/AIDS among Black populations in North America. However, after conducting research, your claim, (i.e. Abstinence is a useful method to reduce HIV/AIDS in Black communities in North America) will become more informed as a result of your research, and might shift to: While abstinence is a useful method for lowering risk of exposure to HIV/AIDS in the general population, within the Black community improving access to health care, establishing initiatives aimed at lowering the stigma of an HIV diagnoses, and countering homophobia in Black communities are far more useful methods for lowering HIV/AIDS exposure. Do not only state how your thesis might have changed but offer a reflection of how your research changed or influenced your way of thinking about a topic in paragraphs
Citation Style
Follow the MLA citation style. as outlined in the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. Always include a Works Cited section at the end of your essay. Remember that the citation always goes at the end of your sentence, even if the quotation ends in the middle.
Presentation Guidelines
Do proofread carefully, especially a text you're quoting from any source.
Do include the following at the top of page one (not in a separate title-page): name, student number, date, course, professor, due date, word count, tentative essay title, and question number.