First...When given a writing assignment, one must first examine the assignment and determine the purpose of the assignment. If the assignment is being done for a class, the instructor may give the student the purpose. However, if the research assignment is self-motivated or being done independently, one must consider the purpose of the assignment and the goals one wishes to achieve. Some various purposes of a writing assignment may be to inform, to entertain, to argue, to persuade, to express one’s feelings about a particular subject, or to evaluate. Many pieces of writing are a combination of these purposes.The form that the assignment will follow can help achieve this purpose, so this should probably be the next decision that is made along with the determination of the audience that is t