Research Paper Final Draft: Compare and Contrast William Finnegan and Duke Kahanamoku

 Essay Purpose

In this Research paper, students will learn to integrate evidence from outside sources in order to support their sociopolitical analysis of the history of surfing through a detailed comparison of surfers Duke Kahanamoku, the father of surfing, and Pulitzer-winning journalist William Finnegan.

Readings

William Finnegan

ReadChapters 1, 4, 5, and 9ofBarbarian Daysby William Finnegan, the Pulitzer prize winning autobiography in which Finnegan chronicles his life as a surfer from boyhood on.

 Duke Kahanamoku

• David Davis’s Inertiaarticle“The Life and Times of Duke Kahanamoku”(Links to an external site.)describes Duke’s biography and his greatest achievements as a waterman and surfer.
  
  
• Steve Hawk’s Surflinearticle“Duke’s Ulcers: How Surfing’s Central Icon Dealt with White Supremacy”(Links to an external site.)on the constant racism Duke had to endure and his admirable manner of copying.
  
  
• Cindy Luis and Pat Bigold’s obituary for Nadine Kahanamoku, Duke’s wife:“Nadine Kahanamoku A ‘Very Special Person'”(Links to an external site.).
  
  
• Review aTimeline of Duke Kahanamoku’s Remarkable Life(Links to an external site.)for a detailed chronology of his key life experiences.

Research Requirements

Support your research paper with a discussion of quotations and evidence from at least5 outside sources that are cited using MLA format. More sources would be even better.

You can use your research sources to either

1. clarify or support your own position and provide evidence for a counterargument or
2. show that your paper is valuable because not enough work has been done on your essay topic.

 Use the GCC Library Online Database to locate your sources.

Requirements for Individual Section Organization

Section Elements and Organization

Each section of your Research paper should have organizational elements that follow MLA style and make sense for a Classical Argument essay form that we will be using throughout this class.

Please skip a line between sections.

The section begins by laying out the topic and main argument in a thesis. Body paragraphs provide evidence, analysis, and develop the argument further. The counterargument and rebuttal provide additional points of view on the topic that strengthen the argument. Finally, the conclusion reminder the reader of the main argument and proposes a plan of action.

Title

• • • Start your Research paper with a title that covers the overall topic. You do not need a second title for the first section. Your title should be divided into two parts separated by a colon.
    • Centered.
    • Double-spaced like your heading and the rest of your paper.
    • Capitalize all key words.
    • Should be a fragment.
    • Not underlined or in boldface.
    • No period at the end of the title.
    • Your title should not just copy the title of this essay prompt or the title of the readings.
      
      Example:

Essay Topic: Your Two Thesis Ideas

Introduction

• Try to start your essay with a hook that grab’s the reader’s attention.

• Then follow the specific essay prompt instructions on what to put in your introduction.

• Avoid inserting quotations; summarize the content instead in your own words.

• Make sure to have a transition sentence before your thesis introducing any additional texts or information the reader will need to understand the thesis that has not already been covered.

• Thesis is one sentence long and is the last sentence of your introduction.

Thesis Formation

• • • The thesis should subdivide into the same number of points as your total number of body paragraphs.If you have two body paragraphs, your thesis would subdivide into two points.
    • Thesis needs to be the last sentence of your introduction.
    • The thesis should fully answer the essay question so that it is not off-topic.
    • It should also be specific, concise, and arguable.
      
      

Body Paragraph Organization and Unity

Each body paragraph should discussion one idea that supports the thesis; in other words, body paragraphs should not repeat ideas from previous paragraphs and should not contain more than one main idea.

• Topic and Concluding Sentences

Each body paragraph must begin with a topic sentence that tells the reader which thesis idea that paragraph will be about and can add supportive reasoning or details.Each body paragraph will end with a concluding sentence that sums up what the paragraph argued but in more detail than the topic sentence.

• Quotations

You will need to support any assertions you make with a discussion of quotations from the texts assigned.All quotations should have an introductory phrase and should use the following MLA format: Bierlein writes, “XX” (24).Avoid putting quotations in the introduction; save them for your body paragraphs.

• Quotation Analysis

All quotations should be followed by 4-5 or more sentences that provide a detailed explanation of how the quotation supports your body paragraph’s main idea and thesis.

Conclusion

A place for you to summarize your thesis, propose a call to action, and add last reflections on your topic.

Essay Formatting

Use MLA format.For help, see Purdue University OWL Links to an external site.website and click on the MLA Links to an external site.Style Guide. Links to an external site.It will provide detailed explanations and examples for paper formatting as well as how to do in-text citations and cite your sources.

Essay Length

In order to pass, your essay must have an introduction that ends in a thesis statement, 2 body paragraphs, and a conclusion.

 Revised Research Paper Rubric (150)