Writing a Formal Research Proposal in MLA Format

Identify your topic and research questions

Your proposal should type in correct MLA format and submitted electronically. As this is a formal proposal, your work should be written formally and with care, demonstrating qualities of good writing and intelligent thought

Identify your topic and the central question(s) of your research. What are you trying to learn?

What is the background of your topic?

By this, I don't mean for you to tell me why you want to do this topic, but rather how this particular issue came to be.

Why is this topic significant? In other words, so what?

Based on what you know at this point, what do you expect to learn from your research?

What do you already believe to be true and what do you hope to learn?

What kind of research do you intend to do for this paper?

What kind of research materials do you expect to use in your research?

If you intend to use literature, for example, what specific types of literature do you intend to use?

What is it you hope to accomplish by doing the research and writing this paper?