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Mrs. Czarina Rodríguez
English 8 ± Sacred Heart School
University Gardens
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Õ early up-to-date statistics
Õ tlas Õ nalysis, overview, or summary
Õ lmanac of a person¶s life
Õ CD-ROM Õ Expert opinion
Õ Dictionary Õ Synonyms and antonyms
Õ hesaurus Õ Search engines, Web sites,
Õ iography online encyclopedias
Õ eriodicals Õ Maps
Õ nternet Õ rticles of recent publication
Õ nterview Õ Definitions
Õ Encyclopedia Õ Computer files of reference
works or manuals
Õ rinted information from a
team of researchers in an
abundance of topics
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Õ Write an !  of the information showing
topic, subtopics, and supporting details.
Ł his should be similar to the one given to you in
class, but with your own information.
Õ eep in mind that research papers are written in
3rd person (he, she, it«)
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Õ Construct a  

 containing the
main idea or topic of your research.
Ł his is not your introduction. t is only the first
part of it.
Ł t is used only to express the reason for the
research, what you expect to learn from it, and
why it is important.
Õ Write your introduction
Ł Explain the ideas contained in your lead
paragraph. t should not be more than one page in
length nor shorter than 2 paragraphs.
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Õ Write one paragraph for every subtopic.
Ł Expand on every subtopic by writing supporting
details.
Õ Use 
 ! ÿ however, therefore, first,
second, third, last, in conclusion, and many
others.
Ł ransitions are used when beginning a new idea in
a new paragraph.
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Õ Checklist
ΠHave you written the report in 3rd person ?
ΠHave you focused on facts, not on opinions?
ΠHave you introduced the topic in an interesting way
to capture your readers¶ attention?
ΠHave you written a topic sentence for each
paragraph, using at least 2 facts or examples to
support your main idea?
ΠHave you written a conclusion summarizing in a
way that gets the readers thinking, wanting to know
more?
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Õ Checklist
ΠDid you write the verbs in one tense, or did you
switch between tenses? Use only one tense ±
present or past, but not both.
ΠDo the subjects of the sentences go with the
verbs? (3rd person singular has an ±s- at the end
for most regular verbs.)
ΠDid you check capitalization and punctuation?
Πre you sure there are no spelling mistakes?
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Õ ecause your work will be written by hand, the only two
rules you must follow in the body of the paper areÿ
Ł 1. first line indent
Ł 2. left justification
Õ our ï! should follow  guidelines.
Ł Citations are the facts you include in your report that
you took from another person¶s work. ou must
recognize that person as the author; otherwise, people
will think you wrote the original work. his is a type of
lie called plagiarism. t is not allowed.
Õ n the body of your work you will write the last name of
the source and the year of publication at the end of the
sentence or phrase you took from the original work.
Õ our

ï need to match the citations. hese are
written at the end of the paper in a separate page.
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Õ Citation Exampleÿ
Ł ³ sk not what your country can do for you - ask
what you can do for your country´ (ennedy,
1961).
Õ Reference Exampleÿ
ennedy, J. F. (1961), ?naugural speech. Retrieved from
httpÿ www.famousquotes.me.uk speeches John_F_ennedy .htm on
February 13, 2011.

See? he citation in the text matches the reference in the References page.

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