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Research Paper
Clearly introduce the event to be examined including your thesis statement that will prove why the event is significant and relevant today. Your thesis statement should forecast what your paper is going to prove. Thesis: List reasons why the event was and is still significant and relevant today.
TS: BODY PARAGRAPH 1: Background Information on your event—
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TS: BODY PARAGRAPH 2: Describe the event—you may have two event description paragraphs.
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TS: BODY PARAGRAPH 3: Explain why the event was so important at the time it occurred and chronologically trace it from its origin to present time
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TS: BODY PARAGRAPH 4: Identify the different perspectives and point out the differencesbetween them. Consider its legal status.
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TS: PARAGRAPH 5: Explain why the event is still important today
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Conclude your essay by reviewing briefly the main points you presented. Predict how the event will affect the future.
Ask a rhetorical question or use a closing quote
Suggest a result or possible interpretation of the facts presented
Close with a zinger.
Works Cited
(You will not divide each source up by a genre heading—don’t list “Books,” “Magazines” etc. All of your citations will be alphabetized by the first part of the entry, usually the author. All entries must be cited in the body of your paper. Indent if your citation runs onto a second line.)
BOOKS
AuthorLastName, FirstName(s), and Author#2FirstName(s) Lastname. Title of Book. Place of Publication: Publisher, Date of publication.
MAGAZINES
AuthorLastName, FirstName(s). "Title of Article." Title of Magazine Day Month Year of Publication: page-numbers or initial-page+ if non-consecutive.
INTERVIEWS
IntervieweeLastName, FirstName(s). Interview, Type of interview, or "Title of Interview If Given." By InterviewerFirstName LastName if important. Publication information following the appropriate format above: Page numbers if appropriate.
ONLINE JOURNAL ARTICLES
AuthorLastName, FirstName(s), and Author#2FirstName(s) Lastname. "Title of Article."Title of Journal Volume.Issue-if-needed (Year or Date of Publication): Page numbers or beginning page. Title of Database. Name of Service. Subscribing Library or Consortium, Location of Library if Needed to Identify It. Day Month Year of access <URL of database search page>.
ONLINE WEBSITES
AuthorLastName, FirstName. "Title: Subtitle of Part of Web Page, if appropriate." Title: Subtitle: Section of Page if appropriate. Sponsoring/Publishing Agency, If Given. Additional significant descriptive information. Date of Electronic Publication or other Date, such as Last Updated. Day Month Year of access <URL>.
ARTICLE IN A REFERENCE BOOK
AuthorLastName, FirstName(s). "Title of Article." Name of Encyclopedia, copyright date.