For this assignment you will write an argumentative research paper.
Final Paper Requirements:
• The paper must be 1800-2000 words (about 6-7 pages), NOT including the reference list. The
paper MUST be typed and double-spaced in a standard font.
paper MUST be typed and double-spaced in a standard font.
• The paper must have a clear thesis statement – defined in Webster’s dictionary as “a position or
proposition that a person…advances and offers to maintain by argument.” State your thesis at
the conclusion of the first paragraph and support it throughout. Your job is to convince your
reader to accept your point of view.
proposition that a person…advances and offers to maintain by argument.” State your thesis at
the conclusion of the first paragraph and support it throughout. Your job is to convince your
reader to accept your point of view.
• You must use at least seven (7) reputable sources other than the course textbook, such as
primary source accounts of events, as well as secondary sources like newspaper or magazine
articles, books, or academic journal articles. You may use content from legitimate sources found
on the Internet, but private blog posts, amateur commentary, Wikipedia entries, and so forth,
are prohibited.
primary source accounts of events, as well as secondary sources like newspaper or magazine
articles, books, or academic journal articles. You may use content from legitimate sources found
on the Internet, but private blog posts, amateur commentary, Wikipedia entries, and so forth,
are prohibited.
• Use Chicago Manual of Style Author-Date format for the paper’s references page and in-text
citations (not footnotes or endnotes).
citations (not footnotes or endnotes).