The second half of your quarter-long research project, the AP asks that you 1) introduce and
evaluate one or more significant efforts to address the problem you described in your CP;
and then 2) develop an argument about which of the efforts to address the problem work
best, explain why, and offer possible next steps; OR make the case that none of the efforts
to address the problem works, explain why, and offer possible next steps. Unlike the CP, an
expository essay that asks you to use your research to describe the problem, the AP requires you
to stake out a clear position in a thesis statement that you must defend through deeply engaged
research.
