Research Essay Worksheet
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This outline is designed to help you write a research paper. In your thesis statement, you must let the reader know the main focus of your essay. You will express an opinion as to what you believe about your research topic. Both of these objectives must appear in your thesis. How to proceed: 1. On separate paper draft a rough draft of everything you can think of regarding your research topic to date. 2. Use the form below to outline your rough draft to isolate what is important to your essay.
Drafting a working thesis statement: Remember that your thesis statement must tell the reader what your topic is, what your focus will be, and why it is important. Your thesis statement is the most important sentence of your paper and therefore must be dear and concise, yet thorough. _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What else do you need in your introduction? Who _____________________________________________________________________________________ What _____________________________________________________________________________________ When _____________________________________________________________________________________ Where _____________________________________________________________________________________ Why _____________________________________________________________________________________ How _____________________________________________________________________________________ What else to consider: You must incorporate references to your research in your paper. It is the background against which your essay is set. This can be done in the introduction or it can be done in its own body paragraph. Your Body Paragraphs Use your thesis statement and introduction to draft your body paragraphs: Your how and why of your essay often dictate what your topic sentences will be. What are the arguments you wish to use to prove your own viewpoint? What examples, descriptions, quotations, or statistics can you use to prove your point? What is the topic sentence of your first body paragraph? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What is the evidence in this paragraph that proves your topic sentence? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What is the topic sentence of your second body paragraph? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What is the evidence in this paragraph that proves your topic sentence? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What is the topic sentence of your third body paragraph? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What is the evidence in this paragraph that proves your topic sentence? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What is the topic sentence of your fourth body paragraph? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What is the evidence in this paragraph that proves your topic sentence? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ You most likely will have more than four paragraphs. Use the back of the paper to work out what your want them to be. Your Conclusion Here is your working thesis statement: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ What observations and conclusions do you have? Have you proven your thesis? _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Is there anything else that needs to be said? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Directory: writingcenter -> handouts writingcenter -> The Writing Center handouts -> The Writing Center RealWriting™ Handouts Decoding Assignment Sheets handouts -> The Writing Center RealWriting™ Handouts They Say/i say:” a model for Developing Arguments and Thesis Statements handouts -> Table of Contents I. Grammar and Mechanics Adjectives handouts -> Guide to Writing College Essays handouts -> T the Writing Center RealWriting™ Handouts he Conclusion Paragraph handouts -> Citation Handouts handouts -> A the Writing Center RealCitation™ Handouts pa: Integrating Sources and In-text Citations Download 79.26 Kb. Share with your friends:
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