Your Title
A good title gives the reader a hint of what your thesis is.
Nobody likes to guess at the contents of a paper. Imagine, for example, that you are doing research on the affects of global warming on the Great Barrier Reef. You start by doing a Google search for "Global Warming," and Google gives you more than 55 million results. Where do you start?
Which of these titles would you click on first?
- Global Warming: The Affects of Climate Change on the Reefs of the South Pacific
- Global Warming and the Growth of Pine Beetle Populations in North America
- Global Warming
The first two titles are helpful because they are specific. The third title is too vague to be of much help. You would have to click on the link and browse through the article to decide if you can use it. And who has time for that?
Likewise, one day other researchers may be reading your papers in order to further their own understanding of a topic. And they, like you, will want to see at a glance if your paper is going to be useful. That is why a good title is fairly specific.
To achieve this goal, many good titles contain a main title, followed by a subtitle. Typically, the main title and the subtitle are separated by a full colon.
For this assignment, you do not have to come up with an original title of your own. In fact, I would prefer if you didn't. Here is the exact title that I want you to use (with France as an example):
France: A Wonderful Vacation Destination
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