Writing a Research Paper

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Research Paper
Writing Process

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Research Paper
Writing Process

1.Assignment Clarification

2.Time Management

3.Topic Selection

4.Topic Research

5.Locate/Select Credible Sources

6.Read Articles

7.Brainstorm Thesis

8.Outline

9.Draft Paper

10.Revise Paper

11.Final Draft w/Works Cited page

Testing source credibility

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Research Paper
Writing Process

1. Prewriting

2. Writing

3. Post-writing

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Assignment Clarification

1.
Read the assignment sheet carefully.

2.
Underline directional statements: define,
identify, analyze, argue, etc.

3.
Underline due dates.

4.
Identify evaluation criteria.

5.
Ask questions.

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List ONE of the steps of the Research Paper Writing Process

Multiple Choice

Which one of the following is NOT a strategy for assignment clarification?

• Read assignment sheet carefully

• Prewrite and plan the research paper

• Underline due dates

• Ask questions about the prompt

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List a strategy for brainstorming.

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Brainstorming Strategies

1.
List

2.
Map

3.
Freewrite

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Discovering a Preliminary Thesis

1.
Topic: Technology and consumerism

2.
Focused Topic: the way television impacted consumerism
within the nuclear family from the mid 50’s to the early 60’s

3.
Thesis Question: How did television target nuclear families and
promote specific consumer habits and values?

4.
Thesis Statement:Television programs and advertisements
during the 1950’spromoted consumer habits that promised to
support domestic happiness within the nuclear family.

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Thesis Statement Examples

“ Although companies often have legitimate concerns that lead them to monitor

employees’ Internet usage—from expensive security breaches to reduced
productivity—the benefits of electronic surveillance are outweighed by its costs
to employees’ privacy and autonomy” (Hacker, 2007, p. 12).

“Much maligned and the subject of unwarranted fears, most bats are harmless

and highly beneficial” (Hacker, 2007, p.10).

“ Understanding the limitations of medical treatments for children highlights the

complexity of the childhood obesity problem in the United States and
underscores the need for physicians, advocacy groups, and policymakers to
search for other solutions” (Hacker, 2007, p. 453).

“Raging in mines from Pennsylvania to China, coal fires threaten towns, poison

air and water, and add to global warming” (Hacker, 2007, p. 10).

Source
Hacker, Diana. (2007). A writer’s reference 6th edition. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s.

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Outline

1.
Make a list of the main points. These
points will form the organizational
pattern of your paper.

2.
Make special note of concepts from your
sources that you wish to paraphrase in
your text.

3.
Draft an outline, moving from main ideas
to details.

4.
Revise thesis as needed.

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Revision Checklist

1.
Reread the assignment sheet.

2.
Underline your thesis.

3.
Read aloud.

4.
Label the topic of each paragraph in the
margin.

5.
Revise main ideas; consider clarity and
relevance.

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Revision Checklist

6.
Revise details; consider clarity and
relevance.

7.
Check for cohesion.

8.
Check documentation format.

9.
Check grammar, punctuation, word
choice, spelling.

Multiple Choice

How does Francis Cabot Lowell get the Brittish loom design to America?

• The memorizes the design

• He hires someone from Brittain to build it in America

• He smuggles designs overseas

Open Ended

What was F.C. Lowell's goal when creating American textile mills?

Fill in the Blank

Because more clothes were being made, the demand for cotton from slave-worked plantations _________ (increased/decreased).

Multiple Choice

In "A Week in the Mill", the speaker refers to the female factory workers as

• living in a paradise

• Sunday school goers

• the white slaves of the north

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