Intro -- Contributors -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 -- What is a Research Paper? -- Thinking About Research -- Identifying cause and effect -- Analyzing a work -- Solving a problem -- As You Begin -- Asking for help -- The research process -- Chapter 2 -- Planning Your Paper -- Choosing Your Topic -- Narrowing a broad topic -- Broadening a narrow topic -- Organizing Your Research -- Taking good notes -- The Thesis Statement -- Thesis statement formulas -- Example thesis statements -- Preparing Your Ideas -- Brainstorming -- Chapter 3 -- Conducting Research -- What Counts as a Source? -- Primary, secondary, and tertiary sources -- Evaluating sources -- Bias -- Go to the Library -- Books, books, books! -- Internet Research -- You can't believe everything you read on the Internet -- Concluding Your Research -- Chapter 4 -- Avoiding Plagiarism -- What is Plagiarism? -- Obvious plagiarism -- Paraphrasing and summarizing -- Consequences of plagiarism -- Citing Your Sources -- Citation styles -- Quoting and misquoting -- Check yourself -- Chapter 5 -- Introductions -- An Introduction's Purpose -- The inverted pyramid -- The hook -- Completing your introduction -- Chapter 6 -- The Body -- Supporting Your Thesis -- Backing up your claims -- Structuring Your Paper -- How should you organize your ideas? -- Paragraphing -- Writing Style -- Research paper style -- Types of sentences -- Incorporating quotes -- (Maybe) not just words -- Keep in mind -- Chapter 7 -- The Conclusion -- Ideas in Your Conclusion -- Restating your thesis -- Going over key points -- Making it Memorable -- Loose ends vs. big ideas -- Conclusion techniques -- Chapter 8 -- Editing and Revising -- Editing vs. Revising -- Questions to ask while you are revising -- Editing techniques -- Chapter 9 -- Common Writing Mistakes -- Things to Watch Out For -- Homophones -- Grammar tips and tricks
The Power of Less -- The word count issue -- Writing concisely -- Chapter 10 -- The Finishing Touches -- The Title -- Formatting Your Paper -- Why formatting matters -- How to format -- Afterwards -- Don't stop learning -- Conclusion -- Author's Note -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- About the Author
Bibliography
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