Since I have narrowed down my topic, I created a literature review titled "The Rhetoric in Advocacy within Law." I decided to explore how advocacy is rhetoric, and I am using the office of Guardian ad Litem (a specific branch of family law) as an example of advocacy because the attorneys are advocates that use rhetoric every single day. As I narrowed down my research, I have found that there is a research gap between the PTW (Professional and Technical Writing) journals and my topic itself. For example, I found plenty of sources in the PTW journals that relate to advocacy and others that relate to rhetoric, but I had a hard time finding sources that related to advocacy being rhetoric. I also could not find any PTW journal articles on the office of Guardian ad Litem, so connecting all my ideas together has been a bit difficult. However, as I continue writing and forming an outline, I see that things are starting to connect. Connecting this research gap hasn't been easy, but I know in doing so, research will be formed on topics that haven't been written about before.
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