Writing a Research Paper
The thesis statement is like an outline in miniature. It is a “roadmap” for the rest of the paper.
A typical thesis statement gives brief mention to each of the paper’s main points, and it also states the overall argument the writer wishes to make.
It directly answers the question asked of you.
It makes a claim that others might dispute.
It is usually a single sentence near the end of the first paragraph that presents your argument to the reader.
Do I answer the question?
Have I taken a position that others might challenge or oppose?
Does my thesis pass the "So what?" test?
Does my essay support my thesis specifically and without wandering?
Does my thesis pass the "how and why?" test?
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Have I taken a position that others might challenge or oppose?
Does my thesis pass the "So what?" test?
Does my essay support my thesis specifically and without wandering?
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Have I taken a position that others might challenge or oppose?
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Does my thesis pass the "So what?" test?
Does my essay support my thesis specifically and without wandering?
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Have I taken a position that others might challenge or oppose?
Does my thesis pass the "So what?" test?
Does my essay support my thesis specifically and without wandering?
Does my thesis pass the "how and why?" test?
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Have I taken a position that others might challenge or oppose?
Does my thesis pass the "So what?" test?
Does my essay support my thesis specifically and without wandering?
Does my thesis pass the "how and why?" test?
Do I answer the question?
Have I taken a position that others might challenge or oppose?
Does my thesis pass the "So what?" test?
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Have I taken a position that others might challenge or oppose?
Does my thesis pass the "So what?" test?
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Have I taken a position that others might challenge or oppose?
Does my thesis pass the "So what?" test?
Does my essay support my thesis specifically and without wandering?
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Paper Format Approximately 1,500 words, typed, double-spaced,.docxherbertwilson5999
Paper Format: Approximately 1,500 words, typed, double-spaced, 1-inch
margins, twelve-point font
Prompt: Read and analyze the primary secondary documents on the U.S.
Civil Rights Movement discussed in this course. Your thesis should address
the following two questions: What were the goals of the civil rights
movement that developed in the 1950s and 1960s and why did this black
freedom struggle assume the characteristics that it did? Your essay
should analyze primary documents on the injustices the movement sought to
redress, including the diverse motivations that inspired individual
participation & interpret the strategies that guided organized activism. You
should also consider the interpretation posited in the secondary source, At
the Dark End of the Street, in your analysis of the primary documents of the
civil rights movement.
Your essay should answer these questions by providing a detailed
presentation of primary & secondary evidence in support of your thesis.
Your thesis should be focused on the question identified in BOLD print
above.
Conventions of Historical Writing: The following components are
essential to a historical essay: 1) An introductory paragraph that establishes
the scope of the argument – including the specific time period, geographic
area, & demographics of the group of people you’ll discuss. 2) A thesis
statement (located at the end of the introduction) in which you establish a
specific position that you will defend in the body of your essay. 3) A
detailed presentation of evidence to support your thesis derived from both
lecture & course readings, with particular emphasis on primary documents.
Each paragraph should begin with a topic sentence that advances your
argument and is supported, in the body of the paragraph, by at least one
primary source. 4) A concluding paragraph that restates your argument and
explains its significance. No bibliography is needed. However, please cite
readings in the body of your paper by indicating the editor or author’s name
and page number in the following format: (Taylor, 65). Please proofread
your paper before submitting it. Papers will be checked for plagiarism. So
PLEASE do not use sources from outside the course readings.
Thesis (and Introduction)
20 pts
Analysis of primary source evidence on goals of civil rights movement
35 pts
Analysis of primary source evidence on characteristics of civil rights movement
35 pts
Organization, clarity, writing conventions
10 pts
Total Points: 100
EX
1. Thesis:
Although Washington and DuBois shared the goal of social equality between African
Americans and whites, Washington’s ideas were better suited for the conditions of the
time.
vs.
Although both men envisioned eventual equality, Washington’s ideas were safer, and
therefore better responses to the discriminatory legislation and violence against African
Americans after the Reconstruction era.
or
Although both men envisioned event.
Question #1Select three to five poems from Jill McDonough’s Hab.docxssuser774ad41
Question #1:
Select three to five poems from Jill McDonough’s Habeas Corpus and write an essay in which you analyze these sonnets. On what aspects of the convicted person’s story does McDonough focus and why? What larger question(s) or issues do these poems raise about the punishment of death penalty?
Poems chosen:
1. October 22,1659: Mary dyer Boston Massachusetts
2. June 1,1660: Mary dyer Boston Massachusetts
3. July 7, 1865: Mary Eugenia Surratt old arsenal prison, district of Columbia
In your paper, you need to explain how these poems relate to an idea (or ideas) put forth in one of the theoretical text we have read this semester (e.g. by Brooks, Davis, Franklin, Dickens or Beaumont and Tocqueville). Where and how does capital punishment fit in the larger framework of criminal justice?
Relative poem:
1. Charles Dickens's "Philadelphia, and its Solitary Prison," Ch. 7 in American Notes (1842)
For example, you can examine how the poems illustrate or dramatize certain aspect of the purpose or implementation of death penalty as presented by Foucault. How do the poems further your understanding of the relationship between crime and punishment? What issues concerning the philosophy or practice of capital punishment do they bring to light and/or problematize? Do the poems show us something that is not addressed by Foucault?
Remember that you need to have a unifying thesis, so in making your selection
think about the overall point you want to make about these poems. It has to be
clear—by the time the reader finishes reading your essay, but hopefully after
reading the introduction—why you picked these particular poems.
NOTE: You can include revised parts of your group’s Wiki or your own DB post
in your paper, but make sure that they are significantly reworked; otherwise
they will show up as self-plagiarism in Turnitin.
Guidelines and Topics:
• The Assignments section in Blackboard includes a folder titled Writing Guides which contains several documents that you should find useful: two sample literary papers (they do not have citations, but otherwise serve as decent models); “Tips for Quoting and Citing” (a shortened version is reproduced below, p. 3); “Words To Introduce Quotations”
Write a 4-5-page essay (approx. 1000-1250 words, double-spaced, 12 pt. type, 1-inch margin, no extra space between paragraphs) on one of the following topics:
Capital Punishment in Historical Perspective
Question #1:
Select three to five poems from Jill McDonough’s Habeas Corpus and write an essay in which you analyze these sonnets. On what aspects of the convicted person’s story does McDonough focus and why? What larger question(s) or issues do these poems raise about the punishment of death penalty?
In your paper, you need to explain how these poems relate to an idea (or ideas) put forth in one of the theoretical text we have read this semester (e.g. by Brooks, Davis, Franklin, Dickens or Beaumo ...
ENG 283 Close Reading Assignment (5pts)Taylor 2Dire.docxgidmanmary
ENG 283: Close Reading Assignment (5pts)
Taylor 2
Directions:
1) Focus on one text from the list below:
Silko, “Pueblo Ecology”
Creation/Trickster Narrative(s)
de Vaca, “The Relation of Cabeza de Vaca”
Rowlandson, “Captivity and Restoration”
Bradford, “Of Plymouth Plantation”
Edwards, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
2) Perform a close reading on a section or group of sections from a text. To do so:
Focus by identifying a significant pattern, repetition, anomaly, theme, device, etc.
a. What stands out to you or what do you notice? For example, “imagery,” “diction,” “contrast,” “conflict,” OR “repetition …” List the instances as you prepare to draft.
b. Plan to discuss each example in its own body paragraph.
c. In each body paragraph, discuss what you see as the purpose of the pattern, repetition, anomaly, theme, device, etc.? What does it show, add, symbolize, suggest, or show? Do this for each example in its own paragraph.
2) Ask a question about the pattern (see below).
*Ultimately, your close reading will help you answer one of the prompts below OR explore a new idea of your choice.These questions are intentionally broad; be specific in your essay by offering your own unique interpretation of the literary devices in a text. Be sure to define your terms and devices.
Based on your close reading of a text:
1. What is at the heart of American confessions?
2. What is the confessional tradition “about”?
3. What does the early-American literary tradition suggest about the power of place and/or space?
4. What is the American origin story? What has a work of early-American literature suggested about American beginnings?
5. Based on your reading, what is the pursuit? What has a work of early-American literature suggested about the pursuit? How is it defined?
6. Based on your reading, how were aspects of early-American identity created and remade? Challenged? What does a work of early-American literature suggest about the making, limits, and possibilities of identity?
7. What does the early-American literary tradition suggest about rebellion and/or resistance?
8. What does a work of early-American literature suggest about the power of belief?
9. What is the role of voice, authorship or authority in a work of early-American literature? (May include the power of orality/the power of speech.)
10. Based on your reading, what do you see as a key conflict or tension during the early-American period?
11. What is a recurrent theme in early-American literature?
12. How do early-American authors negotiate audience (the reader) and to what end?
13. What is the role of food, nature/environment, clothing, or another related aspect in early-American literature (can relate to one of the above)?
14. A student-generated question (from discussion or group work).
15. Another topic of your choice.
Structure
Opening Paragraph** (will eventually become a formal introduction):
a. One sentence that states your text and the literary device ...
Macroeconomics- Movie Location
This will be used as part of your Personal Professional Portfolio once graded.
Objective:
Prepare a presentation or a paper using research, basic comparative analysis, data organization and application of economic information. You will make an informed assessment of an economic climate outside of the United States to accomplish an entertainment industry objective.
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June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
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Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
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