EMPOWER - Choosing Your Topic: Page 3 of 13
Narrow your Topic
A lot of times students start with a broad topic. However,
before hitting the books, they should narrow their topic. A
general topic can be narrowed...and narrowed topics can be
even more specific.
| General topic: | Greensburg, Kansas | ||
| Narrowed topic: | 2007 tornado in Greensburg | ||
| More specific topic: | rebuilding Greensburg as a "green" community after the 2007 tornado | ||
Basically, if your topic is only a word or two, or if you have trouble creating a thesis statement, your topic is too narrow.
Use "question words" to help develop topics:
Where: Greensburg
What: 2007 tornado
When: May 2007
Why: rebuilding
How: as a "green" community
Whether this is a "good" topic for your paper depends on how much information is available about it.
