These are the instructions to be followed:
(i) Title page: this page will have your name, student number and the title of the research paper.
(ii) Abstract: an abstract is a short summary of the whole paper. The best thing is to look at some examples from journal articles. Book chapters sometimes have abstracts, too (see, e.g., the abstract from the chapter of Tom Malleson’s book which is required reading in Week 14 of the course). An abstract should not exceed 100 words. Given that the abstract is a summary of your paper, it will be the last thing you write – after you know what you have written in your paper.
(iii) Introduction: the introduction also summarises the paper though it should be a bit longer than the abstract. In the introduction, you tell the reader what to expect from the paper. Your introduction should mention the broad topic of the paper and tell the reader why it is an important topic. It is essential that the introduction contain a roadmap of the paper, i.e. a step-by-step description of how the paper proceeds. The roadmap should contain a clear statement of the thesis of your paper. A thesis represents your opinion on the question of your research paper. Like the abstract, you can only write an introduction when you know the structure of your paper, so an introduction can only be completed at the end of the research and writing process.
(iv) Main body of paper: you should write the main part of your essay with a thesis in mind. Your paper stands or falls with your ability to justify your thesis. To justify your thesis, you require arguments in support of it. Arguments in favour of your thesis rest on evidence which comes in many forms. You may, but do not have to, divide the main body of your paper into sections.
(v) Conclusion: your concluding section recapitulates your thesis and summarises the steps of the paper which led to the justification of your conclusion. Sometimes research papers end the concluding section by mentioning further avenues of research which can be undertaken on your topic but which your paper did not accomplish.
(vi) References: as with the literature review, you should list the sources (alphabetically by author’s surname) with the full bibliographic information.
I have already created a draft but certain things require changes. These are the changes
required:
-The structure of the essay needs to have proper indentation.
-No parts of the essay should be titled as “literature review”
-The thesis is vague and non-commital and the introductory paragraph needs more on the roadmap of the essay.
-Correct Academic essay format should be used. The literature review needs to be removed from this essay and
the other ideas need to be expanded on.
I have attached the doccument that needs to be edited below as a PDF file. Please ensure that all the changed
have been made.