For essay 1 you explored an academic discourse. You looked at the behaviors, standards, methodologies, language, and questions of that discursive community.
For essay 2 you will focus in depth on one research question in that academic discourse and you will create a literature review and annotated bibliography of that question. And that requires research!
This section of your research guide includes three pages with lots of useful content.
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