Choosing a Topic for Your Research Essay
May 25th, 2010A research essay is a more advanced task that other essay types. In fact, few students know how to write them well. Many of them fall into the most common mistakes such as plagiarism, not choosing a research question, quoting bibliography not suitable for their topic, etc. The concept of research essays is not as simple as it seems: at first, the student believes all they have to do is choose a topic, do some research on it and then, write the essay based on such a research. The sad truth is: it is not simple at all.
One of the worst mistakes you can make while working on this kind of essays is choosing your topic wrong. Since all your essay will be based on the topic of choice, a bad topic translates into a bad essay. How can you avoid this? Be extra careful when selecting your topic, and pay attention to the following advice.