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While several of the essays you will write this
semester will involve using outside sources to support your own ideas, we will
also write a longer researched essay. This page will be evolving over the entire
semester, so check back here occasionally.
RESEARCH PROJECT COMPONENTS
The research essay will be broken down into three
(3) stages, and you will receive points for each stage of the research process.
While you are submitting 3 different pieces of writing for evaluation during the
process of this project, you should understand that far more steps are involved
in the production of this paper.
Annotated Bibliography
(Due: _______)
Follow this
link to view the specific guidelines, requirements, and a sample.
An annotated bibliography contains a list of all
the potential sources (print and electronic) you plan to incorporate into your
essay. Additionally, the annotated bibliography contains a 1- to
2-sentence long description of the source. The annotation might
summarize the main ideas of the source for other readers; the annotation
might also evaluate the worthiness of the source; or the annotation might
indicate how the source will be used in the essay.
Since you will be submitting your annotated bibliography
before your essay is due, I am asking you to summarize the source's main
ideas so that the reader knows what the source is about and whether she
would want to use the source herself. These annotations should be 2
sentences long or less and not be written in fragments.
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Abstract
(Due: __________)
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Follow this
link to view the specific guidelines, requirements, and a sample.
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The abstract is a concise statement in a
paragraph of no more than a page in length of what your research essay intends
to do. Its purpose is to give the reader an overview of what the essay is
about so that she can decide whether the essay is worth reading. During
your own research, you are likely to encounter academic essays that contain an
abstract; although, this part of the research essay is most often found in the
science, social science, and mathematics disciplines.
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The abstract should state what the larger
controversial issue is that you are writing on, and it should indicate what your
thesis is, or in other words, what you intend to prove or argue for. Next
it will outline how you plan to organize your essay into the different sections
or main points. It goes without saying that your abstract is a pretty
important document since it means that you have already committed yourself to a
particular direction with your research.
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Controversial Issue Research
Essay (Due: _____________)
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By following
this link, you will learn more about how the research essay is to be
written, how long it is to be, and what approach to take.
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