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ENGL 1301 Research Paper Assignment

ENGL 1301

Research Paper Assignment

Referential-informative Research Report

Your goal in this report (1000 words minimum, 1500 words maximum) is to present a clear referential-informative thesis and then support it using well-defined support points.

Using the Focus & Thesis Statement you outlined in Assignment 3, write a referential-informative report of at least 1000 words and no more than 1500 words. The report must contain proper MLA citations for all borrowed materials, as well as, proper MLA Works Cited entries for all cited sources. You must include the required parts noted below.

A successful essay answers the following questions:

What is the topic and how can it be related to human rights?
What is the brief history of this topic?
How are people impacted by this issue, globally?

Referential-informative research report guidelines:

Double space your report. Indent all paragraphs at least five spaces.
Present your thesis {from Assignment 2} in an underlined thesis statement in your introduction.
You must have at least three support points, which must be developed using borrowed materials from at least FIVE Academic sources.
Limit your use of direct quotes to no more than 10% of the total word count. Quote accurately.
Do not use first-person or second-person or third-person pronouns to write your Research Assignment. You may use these pronouns if they appear in a direct quote, but do not use these pronouns in your own writing. A list of commonly used pronouns is here
The report must incorporate at least FIVE Academic sources. Only one encyclopedia source is allowed among the minimum FIVE sources.
The report must also include a Works Cited section and proper MLA citations of sources used. You must use proper MLA formats for your In-Text citations and Works Cited entries.
DO NOT use printout page numbers in your citations for Internet sources.
All borrowed information must be properly documented.
If I discover you have plagiarized in your report, you will have to rewrite the report using a different topic.
If you don't know what any of this stuff is, you need to review the Assignment 2 Lecture document.

Referential-informative research report checklist:

You must complete and turn in the required checklist with the assignment
Paste the completed checklist at the end of your report after the Works Cited list.
Submit your word-processing file--in rtf or doc or docx format--using the Submissions button in Blackboard. Include your report and your Works Cited list--both double spaced--in one properly-named rtf or doc or docx file. Also include the checklist at the end of your report after the Works Cited list.

Referential-informative research report recommended links:

The following links take you to documents that will help you to complete this project. Make use of this recommended information, and study MLA formats carefully.
NOTE: The links marked with an asterisk (*) are the primary documents you should investigate.

*Human Rights Literary Guide - Happy Researching

https://researchguides.austincc.edu/Ackers1301

*MLA recently updated documentation guidelines for some sources, primarily Internet sources. Several of these changes were covered in Assignment 2 (Library Presentation). You can find examples of these changes at this web address:

Purdue Online Writing Lab: Research and Citation Resources

Searching for Information
The ACC Library site is an excellent gateway to many search options.

*Using ACC Library Databases

Developing Research Topics
Citing Sources and Plagiarism
A to Z List of ACC Library E-Resources
Finding and Evaluating Information on the Internet
Finding Periodical Articles
Low Quality Websites: Content Farms
Finding Biographical Information

Organizing Information
*(Assignment 3 Lecture)
*Quotation Marks section in the Online Grammar Handbook for information on direct quotes.

MLA Documentation
*Documentation and Plagiarism
*ACC Library MLA Documentation
*MLA Documentation Tutorial

ENGL 1301 Class Identified Human Rights Issues

ENGL 1301 Research Paper Assignment

Class-Identified Human Rights Issues

Human Rights Issues:

The Right to Organize {professional unions]
The Right to Health {body autonomy}
No Unfair Detainment
Right to Education
Right to Life {abortion}
Right to Privacy
Freedom of Expression {Speech }
Right to Be Free from Tyranny
Responsibility….
Right to Freedom of Religion
Right to Trial
Food and Shelter for ALL
Right to Asylum
The Right to be Free from Discrimination