Information on how the paper should be structured and information to look for is attached in a document below.
All sources should be incorporated fluently and thoroughly throughout the paper.
The body of the essay should be about 12-15 double-spaced pages of text in font face times Roman 12 pt
- The paper has to be clearly organized. The introduction should be engaging and informative, awakening the reader’s interest and providing a clear idea of the question to be analyzed. The sections of the paper should be logically organized, with clear transitions between them. The conclusion should provide a brief review of the paper’s main points, as a base for the concluding remarks that tie paper together and put its findings into context.
- The essay should have a strong analytic framework. The introduction should have a clear thesis statement or mission for the paper, which can be phrased as a question to be answered or a problem to be resolved. The intro should also have a bit of a road map, indicating the main topics that will be examined in order to answer the organizing question or problem to be resolved. The body of the essay should be organized logically, with effective paragraphing to structure the discussions. Headings can be useful to visually present different sections of discussion. The paper should finish with a substantive conclusion, in which the main analytical question is answered or solution provided to the problem posed in the intro. The most important points covered in the paper’s discussions should be very briefly summarised. An excellent conclusion will usually include some brief discussion of the significance of the paper’s findings, or indicate what unresolved issues remain or what new research topics are opened up as a result of your findings.
- The paper should be written in a fair tone, in which competing points of view are given serious consideration. Remember, you do not have to obliterate a perspective you do not agree with. Usually each perspective on a controversial topic has good points as well as weaknesses.
- Description and argumentation are useful to the extent that they support analysis. Some element of originality should be evident in the way in which the topic is studied.