Research Paper

As we move forward, remember these:

• Thesis needs to be a claim, not a fact!
• Organize your information in a clear way--create your outline!
• Check out a terrific example of the whole process HERE.
• Here is an example of an outline.

As many of you are about to dive into the actual writing of the research paper, there are some important things to remember...

• In-text citations are a way to flag ideas that are not necessarily your own to connect to your Works Cited page. There are a few ways to integrate information. Online Writing Lab at Purdue breaks it down quite nicely.
• In addition, check out a full-exemplar of a *perfect* research paper from one of our Comp. classes a couple of years ago. That student received a 100%.