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Research Paper Topic OUTLINE and Draft, (750+ words)

Required in the first OUTLINE plus First Draft: OUTLINE (250 words plus draft 500+ words) with a clear thesis and some resources listed. Quotations or other research material and Works Cited list do NOT count towards word count. Please include a Works Cited page with at least two outside sources you will use. The outline should be brief can be a list of points you will cover or it can be a formal outline. The draft should be a few paragraphs long below the outline. A thesis statement about what you will write in your paper is required at the TOP of the page.

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Research Paper, Finished Version

Choose ONE of the two paper topics below and, using textual evidence (quotations from the assigned readings) and FIVE different outside sources (scholarly web site, book, journal, newspaper article or magazine article), respond to ONE of the choices below.

Your paper should consist of five FULL pages (Works Cited is page 5) and it must have a total of FIVE direct textual quotations and FIVE research-source quotations/paraphrases. Wikipedia or any encyclopedia, student “help sites” or “Cliff Notes” style web sites/manuals will be NOT accepted as an outside source. All sources must be properly documented with in-text citations and MLA formatting. Correct MLA formatting counts as 15% of the grade!

5-FULL pages plus Works Cited list (page 5)

Detailed discussion of 2 assigned articles

5 documented outside sources plus relevant quotations from the assigned readings

5 in-text citations (quotations) in MLA format

CHOOSE ONE:

#1--Discuss an issue of race/ethnic or gender identity and show why it is important. Refer to your choice of two articles ASSIGNED IN THIS CLASS as support for your topic. Try to do a critical analysis of the role of gender or race/ethnicity in this society, according to the assigned articles you choose to write on. Do your internet research and document it in a Works Cited list. You MUST include a detailed discussion of two of the articles we've read in this course in order to receive a passing grade on this paper (and in the class)!

#2--Discuss an issue involving class differences and social institutions. You may discuss how language plays a role in reinforcing class distinctions. Do your internet research and document it in a Works Cited list. You MUST include a detailed discussion of two of the articles we've read in this course in order to receive a passing grade on this paper (and in the class)!

YOU MUST RECEIVE A PASSING GRADE ON THE RESEARCH PAPER AND THE FINAL EXAM IN ORDER TO PASS THIS COURSE.

Guidelines

-All papers must be double-spaced, in 12 point font format (Times New Roman)

-All papers must have: student’s name, class name, paper number, and title

Article choices for this paper are:

"Mother Tongue” by Amy Tan

"The Meanings of a Word” by Gloria Naylor

“But What Do You Mean?” by Deborah Tannen

“The Santa Ana” by Joan Didion

“Silent Dancing” by Judith Ortiz Cofer

“Pride” by Dagoberto Gilb