Listed below are options that you may use in various combinations to provide sufficient coverage for your topic. These options reflect how we think about and understand a vast range of subjects. Responding to these suggestions can help you view your topic from many angles. Not all will be productive, but at least a few should open up new possibilities.

Define One or More Important Terms

What critical terms related to your topic should be clearly understood by your intended audience? This question leads to definition. You may want to include a well developed paragraph (or set of paragraphs) that accurately defines a critically important idea, term, or word. For example, suppose you have decided to write on the rights of animals in biomedical research. It would be important to provide a working definition of the phrase biomedical research so that no one...