ENC 1102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Thesis Statement
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One shortcut for finding good sources is: a library database. One of the essential steps to keeping a research paper free from plagiarising web sources is to: Add quotation marks to the passages you copy and paste from web sources. A research proposal for a research paper______ guides the writing of the entire paper and is an effective way to manage your project. Choose several reliable sources, and keep a record (called a working bibliography) of each source you use. When choosing a question for your research paper, look for one that is: focused: not too broad nor too narrow. When looking for evidence to make your point, the information should be: relevant, reliable, recent. As possible entry points in a conversation, choose questions that are: focused, challenging, and grounded. What is one very important step you need to take before starting the research paper? set a schedule.