Research paper and formal outline - Two short stories

Research Paper

 Choose two short stories you have studied from the syllabus

 Write a thesis/take a stance that establishes a comparison between both

items chosen

 Complete a Formal Outline of your paper.

 Write your research paper and prove your thesis in a minimum of six pages

 Complete a Cover Page and a Works Cited page

 Ensure your paper follows an essay format by having a thesis, topic

sentences, paragraphs, sufficient supporting ideas, an Introduction, and a

Conclusion

 Throughout your paper (and not just in the Introduction and Conclusion),

include in your analysis both evidence from the stories chosen, as well as

from academically credible research sources

 Complete your research using at least one library book and at least four

library database sources (only one Internet source will be accepted)

 Your research must consist of material that enables you to prove a point

raised about a story and/or or an author being analyzed

o (You cannot research and cite random topics such as “the effects of

divorce” because your protagonist is suffering the effects of a

divorce. However, if you are writing about a historical topic such as a

war, you must cite research to prove that the story or poem

accurately depicts this war.)

 Format your Formal Outline, Cover Page, and Research Paper using the

MLA format

 Format the in-text citations used and the Works Cited page using the MLA

format

 Complete and submit with your paper the following:

o Research Paper Cover Page

o Research Paper Formal Outline

o Research Paper (with the Works Cited page at the end)

 Note: Your page count (of six pages) does not include the

Cover Page, Formal Outline, or the Works Cited page