The Traditional Research Paper Model TraditionalResearchPaperModelJune2010-1.pdf

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A research paper has less focus on argument and more focus on informing the audience about an issue. You are still arguing in a sense by presenting certain facts and ideas as more authoritative or reliable than those you do not present or do present and judge as outdated or less reliable; thus you are basically evaluating the information that exists in the public realm on a specific topic by inferring connections and relationships.
Use the sources listed on your topic proposal that you researched in PBSC’s library, online catalog, electronic databases, and the World Wide Web.
Read closely the sources and integrate evidence from them into your paper. A works cited page is a list of MLA citations of the sources cited in the essay OR a references page is a list of APA citations of sources cited in the essay.
Use at least seven of the sources from your topic proposal to then write a 2,000-2,500 word research paper.
See the example research paper from OWL Purdue Research Papers (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.) web site and the MLA (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)or APA (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)Guides.
The introductory paragraph should introduce the historical background, the context, and the current relevance of the topic. You may use a quote, question, anecdote, and/or background information to attract the reader’s attention, but do not start arguing in the introductory paragraph. Your thesis should capture the main idea of your research and indicate the order of development of the body paragraph topics.
Body paragraphs should have an explicit topic sentence that presents part of the thesis. The paragraph should also present evidence in the form of a quote, paraphrase, or summary from at least one, preferably two or more, of your sources to offer authority and to assist in your analysis of the complexity of the topic. Last, using your own voice and logic, develop an analytical discussion evaluating the evidence and how it supports your thesis.
The conclusion should NOT simply repeat the thesis or body paragraph ideas, but it should also NOT continue to argue and present more evidence. Instead, it should bring the reader full circle on the importance of your analysis of the topic and the points you have discussed in the body paragraphs. Frame your essay.