Lesson 2:
Defining Research Needs

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Understand the Assignment

Your Intended Audience

Find out who will actually view the finished version of your assignment. Your instructor may be your only audience, or you may be required to assume that others--your classmates or a fictional audience--will see your work.

Consider what your audience already knows about your topic. Your work may need to anticipate and reflect an audience's attitudes or biases toward your topic.