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researchpaper111_1.docxRESEARCH PAPER REQUIREMENTS English 105
LENGTH: 1,500-1,750 (6-7 pages); the works cited page(s) does not count toward fulfilling this requirement; papers may exceed this length limit.
PRELIMINARY MATERIALS: By completing exercises throughout the semester, you will have completed most of the required preliminary materials: (a) general subject, (b) specific topic, (c) working thesis statement, (d) works-cited forms, (e) notes, and (f) rough draft.
SOURCE REQUIREMENTS: You are expected to develop your paper from a minimum number (four) and a variety of sources: at least 2 (a) books (b) journal or magazine articles, with at least one journal article (c) 2-3 other sources such as articles from a professional website, non-print sources, newspaper articles, pamphlets, government documents. Many traditional sources are now available in electronic form. A full-text journal article obtained through Proquest counts as a journal article, likewise for a magazine or newspaper article.
SPECIAL USES OF SOURCES: To certify that you know how to incorporate materials in a variety of ways, include (a) factual information in your own sentences, (b) paraphrased material, (c) a brief, in-text quotation, and (d) a long, set-off quotation. Obviously, you will use some of these techniques a great deal more than others. See HCR 133-137 for explanations and samples. If you are asked to supply a source to me to check the quality of paraphrasing and quoting, you must be able to produce it, so save your sources until you receive your paper back.
INTERNAL DOCUMENTATION: Use parenthetical citations to acknowledge your sources in the paper itself, according to MLA style; see HCR 151-191 for explanations and samples.
WORKS CITED: List only the works you have used in the paper, carefully following MLA forms as described in HCR 151-191.
GENERAL REMARKS: Be sure you are presenting your ideas clearly, so a clear, well-organized convincing, and well-written paper should be your goal. Also attend carefully to technical matters: accuracy of facts and quotations, parenthetical documentation, works cited forms, grammar, usage, spelling, and punctuation.
MANUSCRIPT REQUIREMENTS: Your paper must be prepared according to MLA manuscript guidelines; see HCR 197-207 for an annotated sample research paper.
PLAGIARISM: Plagiarists use someone else's words, ideas, or sentence structure without giving proper credit through documentation. Plagiarism will result in a failing grade for the course.
DUE DATES: Via TurnItIn by 26 hour from now
