Research Paper Draft 1 due by 3/13 at 11.59 p.m.
Assignment Instructions:
Specifications:
- 5-6 double-spaced pages
- 12 point font, 1 inch margins
- MLA format
- No cover page
- Must include 6 sources. At least one of the sources must offer a counter-argument. https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1778&context=wmlr https://law.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/newton.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-CONAN-1992/pdf/GPO-CONAN-1992-10-5.pdf https://olemiss.edu/depts/ncjrl/pdf/CLANCY/Clancy.%20ADAMS%20and%20Framers.PDF%20version.pdf https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=7142&context=jclc (The other counter-argument sources need to be found by yourself. It must be official and cannot be short article.)
Suggested Development:
Begin with an Introduction which should:
- Include a statement of your Research Question
- Mention the Theoretical Framework/s that you will use
- Explain the nature and significance of your topic
- End with your hypothesis
In the Body of the paper you should:
- Define key terms and concept
- Define the argument within which your research is intervening
- Use case and theoretical materials together
- Support claims with evidence
- Use well-written paragraphs that open with a topic sentence and are narrowly focused on a single issue
- Put your authors in conversation with each other—most of your paragraphs should reference at least two authors
You will not be ready to write a Conclusion yet, as you have much more research, reading, and thinking to do
End with a Works Cited page, written in MLA format, on a separate additional page.