Chapter Two Summary and Class Discussion

                Chapter Two is about exploring and focusing. It starts out talking about how to explore a topic. The first step suggested is to create a plan on how to carry out that task. That includes listing people and sources to gain information from. A list of questions is also suggested. Once as plan has been created, discussing the topic with others is the next step. Making observations of what the topic concerns is also helpful. Finding and reviewing sources is Important, not only for exploring the topic, but for backing up the paper in the end. Those should come from qualified individual educated in the area.

                The latter portion of the chapter looks at how to focus on an issue. The first step is to identify conversations about the issues of the topic. This includes looking for commonly agreed statements and concept, but also disagreements on the issues. After conversations of the issues are viewed and the different arguments are recognized, looking at what issues are the most interesting becomes relevant. After that, it is time to choose the issue of which is going to be argued. This should be the issue that interests the writer most and is the most beneficial of their advancement.