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How To Make Your Term Paper About Transgender Stand Out

The biggest hurdle a person has to overcome in writing a successful term paper is choosing a great topic. If you can choose an interesting, compelling topic, you will have conquered half of your battle. The subject that has been chosen for you is transgender. I am going to show you a process to help you narrow down this very broad topic so you can construct a great thesis and really catch the attention of your audience.

Brainstorm

This technique of brainstorming about certain subject has proved to be very helpful in developing a good thesis. Get a blank piece of paper and write down anything and everything that comes to mind when you think of transgender. Write down items like prejudice, imprisoned in your own body, no identity, health insurance, participation in sports, transgender vs transsexual, prejudice, and sexual discrimination.

Availability of data

Hopefully you have a large list of ideas sitting in front of you. Now go through each one and list the possible places you can get information for. There are numerous different avenues that you can get data needed but some of them will have more data available than others. It would probably be the best to choose one of your ideas that have the most data available to research. So now you have an idea with plenty of data to research.

Research and write thesis

Go to the places you wrote down to research your topic you chose from your brainstorming. As you continue to learn from the information and find all the differing information, you may find out that a thesis will begin to form in your brain. The more you read and absorb information, the easier it will be to decide on an argument you want to discuss and prove. Once you have decided on a thesis, you have accomplished the most difficult part of your term paper.

Create the outline

Now you have your thesis and you have done significant research, you need to create your outline. This outline is like a map that will show you the path you are going to take to explain and prove your thesis. You will point out your main points of interest in your outline that will lead you to your conclusion.

Write your paper

Now that all the hard work is done, you can write your rough draft then fine tune it for grammar and then create the final draft. Hopefully your paper will create a spark in your reader which will lead to greater learning for everyone.