CLINTON COLLEGE
SPRING SEMESTER 2023
April 10, 2023
ENGLISH COMPOSITION 112A
PROFESSOR PAULINE HALL BROWN
FINAL EXAMINATION: WRITE A RESEARCH ARGUMENTATION/PERSUASION PAPER, USING THE MLA FORMAT.
REQUIREMENTS:
5 -7 PAGES IN LENGTH
12 FONT CALIBRI OR TIMES NEW ROMAN
DOUBLE-SPACED
FORMAL OUTLINE – Title/Thesis/Introduction – Body – Topic Sentence followed by Supporting Details/Conclusion
INTEXT CITATION OF SOURCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
At least 5 different Sources should be used
Use Summary, Paraphrase and Direct Quotes
Submit your paper on Cengage! Please do not email it to me. The paper is due on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 2023 AT 11:59 P.M.
NOTES AND FORMAT OF THE RESEARCH PAPER:
Place your last name and page # in the upper right corner of each page, ½ inch from the top border
The first page of the paper: Place your name in the top – left-hand margin, followed by your Professor’s name, the course number, and the date the paper is due.
Center the Title of your paper. A good title should tell the reader what the paper is about. Double-space throughout the entire paper.
Margins are 1- inch left, right, and bottom
The Thesis Statement appears in its conventional position, at the end of the first paragraph
Remember, if you summarize a source, you must give credit to that work in the paper (INTEXT CITATION) and then full account of the article or book, in your BIBLIOGRAPHY
DO NOT PLAGIARISE!! It is illegal and you will receive an “F” for the paper and the course!!
Center the title, Works Cited. This should be the page that shows all the sources that are used in your paper.
Arrange sources alphabetically by the author’s last name, or if there is no author, by the first word in the citation.
Indent each source 1 inch from the border, double space, and indent the second and consecutive lines ½ inch
Include the medium of each source: print, Web, CD, DVD, television, film, email, etc.
PLEASE edit your paper by reading it through and make necessary changes before submitting it for grading.
CLINTON COLLEGE
SPRING SEMESTER 2023
April 10, 2023
ENGLISH COMPOSITION 112A
PROFESSOR PAULINE HALL BROWN
FINAL EXAMINATION: WRITE A RESEARCH ARGUMENTATION/PERSUASION PAPER, USING THE MLA FORMAT.
REQUIREMENTS:
5 -7 PAGES IN LENGTH
12 FONT CALIBRI OR TIMES NEW ROMAN
DOUBLE-SPACED
FORMAL OUTLINE – Title/Thesis/Introduction – Body – Topic Sentence followed by Supporting Details/Conclusion
INTEXT CITATION OF SOURCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
At least 5 different Sources should be used
Use Summary, Paraphrase and Direct Quotes
Submit your paper on Cengage! Please do not email it to me. The paper is due on WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 2023 AT 11:59 P.M.
NOTES AND FORMAT OF THE RESEARCH PAPER:
Place your last name and page # in the upper right corner of each page, ½ inch from the top border
The first page of the paper: Place your name in the top – left-hand margin, followed by your Professor’s name, the course number, and the date the paper is due.
Center the Title of your paper. A good title should tell the reader what the paper is about. Double-space throughout the entire paper.
Margins are 1- inch left, right, and bottom
The Thesis Statement appears in its conventional position, at the end of the first paragraph
Remember, if you summarize a source, you must give credit to that work in the paper (INTEXT CITATION) and then full account of the article or book, in your BIBLIOGRAPHY
DO NOT PLAGIARISE!! It is illegal and you will receive an “F” for the paper and the course!!
Center the title, Works Cited. This should be the page that shows all the sources that are used in your paper.
Arrange sources alphabetically by the author’s last name, or if there is no author, by the first word in the citation.
Indent each source 1 inch from the border, double space, and indent the second and consecutive lines ½ inch
Include the medium of each source: print, Web, CD, DVD, television, film, email, etc.
PLEASE edit your paper by reading it through and make necessary changes before submitting it for grading.