Research Paper

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Research Paper

• Writing the Outline

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Introduction

• Method of introduction
• Grab the readers attention
• Develop opening statement
• Transition to topic
• Thesis statement

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Body Paragraphs

• Topic Sentence
• a. Major support
• b. Minor support
• c. Minor support

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Body Paragraphs

• Topic sentence should reflect the entire
  paragraph
• Topic sentence should also relate to the thesis
  statement
• Development should include details and discussion
• Support ideas with direct quotes and paraphrasing
• Include summary as well

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Conclusion

• Restate thesis (different words)
• a. Sum up main ideas
• b. No news details or ideas

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Citations

• Include citations after information from research
  
• If information is multiple sentences
  (consecutive), citation comes after the last
  sentence
• Don Johnson was born in 1957 to the parents of
  Bill and Nancy. Dons father worked in a steel
  mill for most of his sons life. His mother
  tragically died of a heart attack in 1998
  (Bradely 8).
• All information is from the same source

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Citations

• Information from various sources
• Don Johnson was known for his white suit and
  pastel colored shirts. His shirts were custom
  made by Vera Wang and cost between 100 and 200
  dollars a piece (Danils). Johnson featured these
  shirts on all episodes of Miami Vice at the
  request of the producer, Al Sharpenstein
  (Monats). Johnsons attire became infamous in
  the 1980s.

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One Author Citing a Complete Work

• With author in text
• In No Need for Hunger, Robert Spitzer recommends
  that the U.S. government develop a new foreign
  policy to help Third World countries overcome
  poverty.
• Without author in text
• No Need for Hunger recommends that the U.S.
  government develop a new foreign policy to help
  Third World countries overcome poverty (Spitzer
  8).

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One Author Citing Part of a Work

• With author in text (use only the page number if
  provided)
• Jones writes that genetic engineering was dubbed
  eugenics by a cousin of Darwins, Sir Francis
  Galton, in 1985 (5).
• Without author in text
• Genetic engineering was dubbed eugenics by a
  cousin of Darwins, Sir Franics Galton, in 1985
  (Jones 5).

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Two or Three Authors

• Use last name of each author in the same order
  they appear in the Works Cited section.
• Genetic engineering was dubbed eugenics by a
  cousin of Darwins, Sir Franics Galton, in 1985
  (Jones, Bradley and Smith 43).

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No Author Given

• Give the title or a shortened version of the
  title as it appears in the Works Cited section.
  Remember to include quotation marks.
• Genetic engineering was dubbed eugenics by a
  cousin of Darwins, Sir Franics Galton, in 1985
  (Eugenics 43).

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Plays and Poems

• Use slash marks to indicate line breaks. Provide
  line numbers if available or page number if line
  numbers are not available.
• In the Tao Te Ching Lao Tzu states, The way
  that can be spoken of/Is not the constant
  way/The name that can be named/Is not the
  constant name (1-4).
• The way that can be spoken of/Is not the
  constant way/The name that can be named/Is not
  the constant name (Tzu 1-4).