Research Papers

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For Freshman and Sophomore English Courses

with special emphasis on Modern Language Association style (MLA)

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Writing

Beyond the blank page:

• Beginnings: a dozen suggestions
• A 7-step writing formula
• The Outline

Putting pen to paper:

• How to write a research paper
• Formulating a Thesis Statement
• Prewriting

The body of the paper:

• Paragraphs: introductory and concluding
• Transitions
• An essay checklist

Conclusions are not summaries:

• Endings-- a dozen suggestions

 

Research

Giving credit where it's due:

• Works cited and note pages

Researching the information superhighway:

• Electronic citing
• Citing Galileo

Reference section:

• Literary Analysis
• Literature Links
• Dunwoody Library

Between the parentheses:

• Citing your work in the text (MLA)

Cheat and you'll cheat yourself:

• Plagiarism and the cost