1000 words research essay

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Possible Points

Points Received

Meets Basic Requirements of the Assignment:

· Deals with one aspect of intellectual property

· Does not merely inform the reader, but makes an argument in favor of one side of an issue or debate

· Fulfills length requirement (4-5 pages of text, or 1300-1500 words).

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Shows quality organization, critical thinking, and research

· Clear thesis statement, which provides a “map” to the remainder of the paper

· Clear, logical progression of ideas

· Clear sense of audience – who are you addressing? Who would your argument benefit?

· Effective use of counterarguments

· No blatant logical fallacies

· Reliable and relevant quotes and paraphrases from 5 outside sources

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Uses proper APA format and documentation

· Times New Roman

· Double Spaced

· One-Inch Margins

· 12-point font

· Correctly formatted in-text citations

· Correctly formatted title page and reference page

· One-to-one correspondence between reference page and in-text citations

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Avoids distracting mistakes in spelling, punctuation, and grammar

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