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Short Paper Assignment

Week 12 Paper Option: Why Did the Arab Spring of 2011 Occur? O’Neil pp. 236-237. Due Friday, November 11 at 11:59 PM CST

Short Paper Guidelines

To complete the short paper assignment you will write a 2-3 page, single-spaced paper in

a structured essay format answering all of the questions that appear at the end of each Article.

week’s paper prompt. The number of paragraphs in your paper should correspond to the

number of questions asked in the prompt. But, your paper should always have at

minimum an introductory paragraph, one paragraph to for each question asked in the

prompt, and a conclusion paragraph. Your paper must conform to the following basic

structure:

1st paragraph: introduction

2nd paragraph: answer question #1

3rd paragraph: answer question #2

4th paragraph: answer question #3

5th paragraph: if needed for additional question

6th paragraph: if needed for additional question

Final paragraph: conclusion

Your paper may be longer than 5 paragraphs, which means you can use more than one

paragraph to answer each question if you wish, but you should still answer each question sequentially, i.e. your paper should still follow the introduction, question 1, question 2, question 3, conclusion format. Please note however that papers longer than 3 pages may incur length deductions. A good rule of thumb is to stay within a +/-10% margin of the length requirement.

For full grading criteria, see the Short Paper Rubric

guidelines under the Level 4 column. Be sure that your paper reflects both a careful reading of the assigned paper prompt as well as the textbook. You will need to apply

NO Plagiarism

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