8 page research paper on Ending homelessness and poverty

In short, this assignment requires you to write a thesis-driven essay that makes an argument answering your research question that cites at least five sources to support your claims and show your thesis’s relationship to the existing conversation on your topic.

1. Complete all the required or otherwise necessary brainstorming, research, note-taking and gathering of bibliographic information that you need to prepare for drafting the essay.
2. Reread the assigned reading from our textbook, From Inquiry to Academic Writing, in Chapters 7 and 8 (especially pages 177-181 and 225-230) that provide strategies for taking notes and identifying connections between different sources and for developing an argument. Follow the textbook’s suggestions to help you adequately take notes and brainstorm to prepare for writing the essay.
3. After thorough preparation, write an essay that presents your answer to your research question. Remember to outline, draft, and revise. Your essay should have 
   1. A focused introduction that introduces your topic.
   2. A thesis statement that answers your research question and takes the form of claim + because + reason.
   3. Body paragraphs that support the thesis with adequate and appropriate synthesis of at least five sources. Utilize summary, paraphrase, and quotation to show the similarities, agreements, and disagreements among your sources. Be sure to elaborate in instances that you summarize/paraphrase/quote to make the connections you draw clear to the reader, and always cite the source.
   4. A conclusion that reiterates your thesis for the reader.
4. This essay should NOT 
   1. Simply summarize the sources.
   2. String together information in substitute for a sustained argument
   3. Stray too far from the topic in order to complete the assignment.                                                                                                              Yes a work cited page is included because you will be quoting, paraphrase, and summarizing from at least five sources, you will need to parenthetically cite your sources in the essay and include a works cited page that follows MLA style.
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