MY TOPIC IS SEXUAL ASSUALT ON CAMPUS UNIVERSITIES

DO NOT CHANGE THE TOPIC STICK EXACTLY TO IT. STICK MORE TO POLICY QUESTION CAN BE OBVIOUS ANSWER OR QUESTION ALREADY ANSWERED

Developing an argumentative question

You will need to develop a question to pursue within your topic that is interesting for your readers to read about and productive for you to research.

Here once again is the criteria for a good question.

1.The question is neutrally written, so that reasonable people could hold either side.

2.The question is binary, so the answer will be yes/no or A/B.

3.The question is one people are debating now, not a question where most of us agree to one answer.

4.You can find credible and timely research on the issue and you can understand this research.

Below I have listed common types of questions to help you frame yours. See the links on Ilearn under resources for the unit, unit two for places to find questions.

Sample kinds of questions:

Policy Questions—these kinds of questions ask what the official policy should be, like: Should the city or some official agency or the voters do A or B? The verb is usually “should”

Example: Should Californians pass proposition 64 which would legalize recreational marijuana in California?

Quality Questions— these kinds of questions ask you to evaluate something, like--Is X good or bad? Is it less or more desirable than the alternative? The verb is usually “to be—is/are/was/were”

Example: Is it wrong to watch football?

Conjecture Questions— these kinds of questions ask you to speculate about how something started or where it could go, like-- Could it be changed? Can something useful be done? The verbs are usually “has/have” or “can/could” or “should.”

Example: Should car makers program driverless cars to follow the rules of the road exactly or to drive more like humans?

Causality Questions (very similar to conjecture questions) these kinds of questions ask you to determine the cause of something, like—Is A or B the cause of the problem? Or does something cause a problem or provide a solution? The verbs are usually “do” or “is/are” or “would/will” or “could.”

Example: Does the Pope’s Message on Divorce Weaken the Catholic Church?

Definition Questions-- These kinds of questions ask you to define something’s significance, like--Is X really A or is it B? The verb is usually “is/are”

Example: Is marijuana a gateway drug?