Guide Questions: 1. What is your topic? 2. What interests you about this topic? 3. List three questions you have about this topic: 4. From among the three questions you've listed, change it to a more complex question by using the words like cause, effect, compare, impact, change, and influence to make it a good research question. 5. Evaluate your question. Is it clear? Is it focused? Is it arguable? Reword and rewrite your questions in number 4. 6. Based on your main research question, list three sub-questions. These should be questions that will help you find the answer to your research question in number 5.​