GOAL: To understand the structure of a proposal and begin by writing a hypothesis Continuing the process you began in the Exploratory Essay, you will now propose a solution to the problem you identified. A proposal provides background information, your rationale for conducting the study, a review of the literature, your methods, and the conclusions you hope to prove. In the proposal, you must identify the basic nature of the project and go in search of evidence that will defend your solution. For our purposes, a proposal is a plan written as a report, in sections set off by headings and subheadings as outlined in the assignment description and Power Point presentation (Discussion 12). It is not written using MLA format. It has a cover page (see page 248 in the A&B Guide to Writing) and is not written essay-style, in continuous prose. The sections are as follows: Description of the problem you will attempt to solve in your final project. Analysis of the rhetorical purpose of your final project (as rhetorical aim, as motivating occasion, as desire to change your audience’s view). Audience analysis (for your final project). (Who is the person with the power to effect the change you will propose? What are their values, interests and beliefs? How will you shape your proposal to appeal to your target audience’s values, interests, knowledge, beliefs, emotions?) Initial hypothesis (tentative proposal for a solution) Short Literature Review : summarizes the research you have conducted so far and the results of that research, as well as evaluates the usefulness, quality, etc, of the sources (is each source up-to-date? credible? relevant to your research? well organized? etc. Questions that Remain : During the research for the Exploratory and Informative Essay, you found a lot of good information for your project, but some questions remain. Maybe there are some aspects of the problem you don’t understand, maybe there are some feasibility issues, maybe there are some areas in which you are stuck. List those here. Research Plan (You have begun research for the Exploratory Essay—what remains to be done? What steps will you take from now on?).
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