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RESEARCH/ARGUMENTATION PAPER

ENGL 1301

This will be your final process paper. You will submit a 600 words essay using the MLA presentation. The paper should have an in-text citation, a work cited page and an annotated bibliography. All resources used must be appropriately documented.

Topic:

Every research paper to some extent presents a certain argument or point of view about a subject matter. In this paper, you will frame for yourself a controversial topic that a large percentage of any American audiences may have an opinion on. Your topic must be relevant to the research that you’ve been engaged in, through the semester. Then, you are required to take a position on your topic and write an argumentation paper, using al least 3 out of the 5 bibliography entry.

A. For this research, you are required to have 3 different materials that are relevant for your research. Your research materials must come from an online database or library search. Each material must be read and summarized.

You may use this list below to collect the information necessary to do your citation, using Noodle Tools.

Source 1: Documentation information required for books

• Library call numbers:

• Names of authors, editors, translators:

• Title and subtitle of the book:

• Edition

• Publishing info (city, publishing company name, date)

Source 2: Documentation info for articles

• Names of author(s):

• Title and subtitle of article:

• Title of magazine, journal, newspaper:

• Volume and issue numbers:

• Date and page numbers:

Source 3: Documentation info for articles

• Names of author(s):

• Title and subtitle of article:

• Title of magazine, journal, newspaper:

• Volume and issue numbers:

• Date and page numbers:

Source 4: Documentation info for electronic sources:

• Author’s name:

• Title of material:

• Date of material written:

• Date material is viewed:

• Title of database:

• Name of Vendor/Host:

• Electronic publication date:

• Www address:

Source 5: Documentation info for electronic sources:

• Author’s name:

• Title of material:

• Date of material written:

• Date material is viewed:

• Title of database:

• Name of Vendor/Host:

• Electronic publication date:

• Www address:

Prewriting process for Final Paper

B. i. State your choice of topic:

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ii. Suggest a possible research question?

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iii. Suggest a possible answer to the research question.

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iv. State your thesis.

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v. List four reasons for your view on your thesis.

Reason 1:

Reason 2:

Reason 3:

Reason 4:

C. State specific text/excerpts that you are intending to use in your essay. You may either paraphrase or quote the text, but be sure that the distinction is obvious. Also remember to have the author’s late name and page number cited in the parenthesis.

Example: Quote

Vance Smith claims, “Menopause is experienced by many women at a much younger age” (2).

In Busting the Myths of Menopausal Age, the author states “women go through menopausal symptoms as early as in their twenties” (Smith 2).

Example: Paraphrase

A recent article on women’s health suggest that many women undergo signs of menopause two decades earlier than what many would perceive as menopausal age (Smith 2).

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