ENGLISH 1110.01 Lecture 15: Research Paper Instructions
7 Apr 2016
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7-8 full pages not counting works cited pages. Analyze primary sources - in terms of what messages they convey in written, visual, and/or audio media; explore and make claims about how the messages are conveyed. Develop a complex thesis - that makes a claim about how the primary source communicates a message to the audience, or the messages relationships to a larger interpretative context. x. Introduce complex and/or complicated evidence - evolving thesis . Demonstrate awareness - about your role in the critical conversation by acknowledging what is at stake in your analysis (i. e. answering so what? questions) Include a title - on the first page that reflects complexity and the paper"s general purposes. x. Include proper in-text citations- of each source consulted or referred to (including your primary source) and an appropriately formatted works cited page following mla guidelines. Observe - the standards of academic writing discussed in class and avoid sentence level errors and lapses in tone.
