Research Paper (200 points)
Length: 5-6 pages
Format: MLA
Times New Roman 12-point font
Double spaced
One-inch margins
NO title page
Header on the left of page one with your name, professor’s name, class name, and due date
Last name and page number on the top right of each page
Parenthetical (in-text) citations and accompanyingannotated bibliography that adhere to MLA conventions
The Assignment:
For this final project you have a couple of options: you can either continue the work you started with your issue proposal and exploratory essay—which asked you to learn more about your chosen issue, assess multiple perspectives on the matter, and close with conclusions you’ve drawn—or you can select a new debatable (that is, one that has two or more sides) issue to write a research paper about. In 5-6 pages you will be expected toresearch the conversation going on around the issue you’ve selected, and, ultimately, participate in it by writing an argument supported by evidence to back up your position.Push beyond simply using research to inform the reader about your chosen issue (i.e. reporting) and, instead, use that research to figure out what more can be said about this issue: provide an original claim and support it.
Though your peers and I may be your actual audience, yourimagined audience is fellow academics—that is, writers that are invested in this issue and could potentially read your work, so cater your argument to them.
Composing Process&Guidance:
Step 1: Draft your thesis statement, the claim that is grounding your argument and that you are aiming to support. It should answer your research question. In your claim aim to answer the “so what?” question. In other words, why is your contribution important and, quite literally, why should your reader care about it?
Step 2: Structure your argument/ organize your supporting points (i.e. the smaller claims that will support your thesis statement). As you define these points, match the sources/evidence to them that you feel will really “drive them home.” Establishing these connections will help to make your drafting process much more streamlined. That’s another perk of annotated bibliographies: you get to see those relationships early on.
Step 3: Draft your introduction. The expectation for research introductions is that they not only establish what the remainder of the essay will be arguing, but that the reader also get an overview of the conversation taking place (i.e. what’s being said by others also invested in this issue). What this asks you to do is take the sources you’ve selected (that are most pertinent to your argument) and first briefly summarize them then synthesize them. What relationship do your sources have with one another? Your annotated bibliography should help you identify patterns. It’s assumed that your thesis will then add a new dimension to what’s going on between these said sources. How does your claim fit in? What is it contributing?
Step 4: Start developing your supporting points into body paragraphs incorporating your evidence all the while. Consider each supporting point a section of your argument. This does not necessarily mean that each supporting point will be one paragraph long. You may find that a minor supporting point will only need one or two paragraphs whereas an involved one will need more, and that’s expected. Regardless, each paragraph should begin with a topic sentence that clearly establishes what that paragraph will discuss and end with a transition that wraps up the ideas just presented and sets up the reader for the ideas to come in the following paragraph.
*Consider topic sentences fences that help keep the idea being expressed “contained.”
Step 5: Keep drafting, keep researching (you may find that your thesis statement evolves and that you need to investigate more as you move further along), seek out feedback, and be ready for the scheduled workshop.
The Conclusion: This is essentially a reworking of your introduction that’s framed in such a way that the reader understands you are wrapping up your discussion and tying up loose ends. It should reiterate your thesis statement and synthesize (weave together) your most significant sources once again. Avoid beginning with “In conclusion” and do not introduce new supporting claims at this point.
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