1. Cover page and APA formatting: (Attached) Wilson_English_Unit II draft You will include an APA-style cover page for your Research Proposal. with a sequential page number in the upper right-hand corner. 2. Purpose: (The Role of Government in Safeguarding the Health of NFL Players) The following questions should be addressed in the first paragraph of your Research Proposal, which should be dedicated to establishing your purpose for doing this particular project. • What is your rationale for this project? • What do you hope to learn from the project, or what to do you want to see happen as a result of it? • Who is your audience for this project? Chapter 1, Section 1d, of The Little, Brown Compact Handbook with Exercises (pp. 7-8) • What role will you play in this project: investigator or advocate? 3. Statement of qualification: Address the following questions as they are applicable to your project. • What is your investment in the topic? • What personal experience do you bring to the topic? • What special qualities do you bring to the project? • How might your investment, experience, and special qualities make you particularly apt at developing this project? 4. Tentative argument: Your final Research Paper for this course will be an argumentative, research-based, academic paper. While it is unlikely that you will have a concrete idea of what your entire argument will be at this point in the writing process, it is necessary for you to articulate your argument as you understand it to be right now. Address the following questions. • What is the context surrounding your topic? In other words, is there some event that was a catalyst for bringing your topic into the public eye? (Optional) • What is your explanation or definition of the topic? • What is your analysis of the specific issue surrounding your topic? • What is your tentative thesis statement or hypothesis? 5. References: Include a references list as the last page of your Research Proposal. All entries are those that have been cited in the text. No others are to be included. No textbooks should be included on the references list.