1. Final Projects
Tuesday, Oct.30

2. Genre Conventions?
 Wedding Proposals?
 http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/wedding-
proposal-viral-16439091

3. Journal
Think about all that you have learned about the
genre conventions of your field. Take a few
minutes to make a list of the genre features that
are common in your major. Think about things like
evidence, arguments, structure of research, etc.
List as many features as you can. Winner gets 1
point on inquiry paper!

4. Structure of your final project
 Preliminary Genre Analysis (including
introduction)
 Intro to annotated bib
 Line of Inquiry paper
 Paragraph describing your “gap”
 Final Project discussion. If you were to fill your
“gap,” what would you do?
 Works Cited page (copy and paste the citations
from your annotated bib)

5. WTF is a “Gap?”

6. Guidelines
 Last section of inquiry paper
 New heading: “The Gap,” “The Missing Piece,” “A
New Perspective”
 Other possible headings: “Structure,” “Research
Methods,” “Data Collection,” “Presenting
Evidence”
 Think about what sections make sense for your
own paper

7. Write
 Use evidence from your sources.
 Example: If I were to continue exploring _____, I
would begin by looking for more research on _____.
As I learned by reading ___ and ____, this issue is
important because ____. My gap is significant
because ______.

8. To do:
 Find additional articles using the databases
 If you can’t find additional articles, then you have
an actual gap. How could you design a study to
fill it?
 For Thursday, bring a plan. Either a list of articles
to answer your gap, or a plan for how you would
design a study or a project to answer your new
research question.

9. Final Project
If you were to continue exploring the gap in your research, based on the
articles you’ve read in your field, what type of research would you need to
include? Would you need human participants? Textual analysis? What
would be the best method for gathering this data?
How would you need to organize and present your research? Use
evidence from the genres you’ve analyzed. How much evidence would you
need to support your claims? How would you present this evidence?
Who would you cite in your own article? As we’ve discussed in class, often
times researchers start their articles by providing an overview of the
current conversation. Who would you include in this overview, and why?
How would you structure your own article in this field? What sections
would you have? How would you organize them? Why would this
organization be useful to you and your readers?

10. Guidelines