Traditional Structure Activity
An essay is based on a series of ideas and assertions in the thesis and topic sentences (which are like mini thesis sentences). But an essay is more than a series of ideas. An...
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MLA Activity
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APA Activity
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Signal Phrases Activity
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Using Quotations
Quotations are another way to integrate source information into your paragraphs, but you should use them sparingly. How do you know when you should use quotations in your essay? Essentially, quotations should function to...
Authorship & Authority
When you consider the quality of your sources, you should also consider the authorship and authority of your sources. Who wrote the material? Is that person or organization credible? The following interaction will provide...
Thesis Statement Activity
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Research Questions
Now that you have seen how to narrow a topic, it’s time to see how you can take your topic and develop a good research question. Click through the following tabs to see how...
Narrowing Process
The example we’ll use to demonstrate a narrowing process will be World War II. Suppose you want to write your research paper on World War II. The material written on World War II has...