Last semester I had an assignment to write a research paper, and as usual the most difficult task was to chose what to write on.
Many were bitten by the ‘green’ bug, so wanting to do something different – I skipped that one. Design related exploration seemed to have great scope but the theory part seemed daunting. Phew!
A research paper need not all be about – well RESEARCH, it can be FUN too! So I decided to mix two of my favorite subjects together and called it “Music and its Influence on Fashion” – a research paper focusing on several fashion theories, and along with the study of their practical implications showed how that was possible. Things like how Madonna’s Boy-Toy look in the 80s inspired a whole generation of hair-bleaching-charm-wearing ladies trying to ape her style through the “butterfly effect” and so on.
A decent college level research paper is divided into parts beginning with an introduction and leading to a conclusion. The argument may or may not hold as was assumed in the start – and that has to be included too.
A synopsis would cover all of this in brief.
