RESEARCH PAPER DIRECTIONSY our research paper will explore—using academic research–a specific academic sub topic within the detective fiction/film genre. You will write a well-developed, argumentative, evaluative, research paper of 10-12 pages (not including works cited, title, and notes).
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• After finish your research, create an Annotated Bibliography of the sources you will use in the paper.
Writing the paper:
1. Offer context for your paper in the introduction.
Either employ one of the suggestions from Lester (200-207), or choose one of your own.
2. Announce a clear thesis statement somewhere in the first page of text.
3. Organize your work using well developed paragraphs led by focused thesis
sentences that support the thesis directly.
4. Support your argument with references to at least ten total sources.
Sources: You must include 10-13sources in your research paper. You are to evaluate and use material from quality and scholarly sources. Select a mix of primary and secondary sources from which to quote.
EVALUATION: Research paper will be evaluated on five factors:
1. Presentation
2. Quality of Research
3. Incorporation of research material
4. Quality of writing
5. MLA form and language usage
