Consider the topic of your research essay. Develop an argument that PROPOSES a plan for the reader.
Use the links below for outlines for the paper, but basically:
- Identify the context and background for your problem.
- Identify major players/who should act and why.
- Develop a thesis that governs the whole paper.
- Support the thesis (many paragraphs to this cause!)
- Identify and refute contradicting or opposite ideas.
- Return to your thesis and restate it with the force of your whole paper behind you.
- Plan for a paper that is 2-3 pages (no more than 1000 words). Use References or Works Cited page (and you MUST refer to or cite works in the paper!)