Introduction: Your introductory material should set up your topic for your audience. Briefly summarize your findings (” Effects of COVID-19 on College Students “). Your introduction should not meander around the point of your paper.
It may be more than one paragraph in length, but at some point, very early in the paper, you then need to start the substance of the paper. State your thesis in the form of a sentence or two. It should not be in the form of a question. Your thesis should be a brief statement, in your own words, that points out the significant issues about this topic that you discovered in your research.
Body of Paper: Use subheadings (if needed) to separate aspects of your paper that support your thesis. The body of your paper should provide supporting evidence to support your thesis in a logical, fully developed manner. For each new topic that supports your overall thesis, provide a topic sentence or two which is, in effect, the thesis for that sub-topic. If you do not use subheadings, you must provide transition sentences to move your reader from one paragraph to the next. Your supporting sub-topics should address these issues: What is the significant impact of these research findings? How will they affect people? What are the benefits to people? Are there any disadvantages? These are just some questions you can answer in your paper, but feel free to add more questions you believe could be answered.
As a research paper writer, you should synthesize the information gained from sources and weave it into a well-ordered paper, using the sources as evidence to support key points. These are how your direct quotes (In-text citations) come into your paper.
Conclusion: Your conclusion should make “wrap up” statements about what you learned about the topic and your findings’ possible impact on people and society. Also, address any issues that may still not be resolved for you. Don’t be reluctant to address the problems that aren’t quickly resolved or have negative or ambiguous outcomes. I am looking for a thoughtful look at the topic and sharing the major significance of this issue.
Your research paper must include three direct quotes (in-text citations)—a quote from each source. Please view the Week 5 folder for in-text citations and the APA folder for more information on in-text citations.
Page 3 or 4: Reference Page
The final page of your research paper is your reference page. This page has all the sources you USED to write your research paper. Each source should be placed as an APA citation and in alphabetical order by the first letter of the citation. Please view the APA folder and sample research paper to understand what should be submitted for your reference page.
Sources
Three sources in total (You may add more if you choose, but each source you use must contain an in-text citation in the body of the paper. You should have a minimum of 3 in-text citations, one from each source you use. You can use multiple in-text citations from one source, but remember each source should have at least one in-text citation.)
Provide 3 articles ( Two that I have provided and One on your own) from a database or credible internet sources
You may use the sources from your annotated bibliography.
Required: at least three direct quotes/paraphrases/summarizations, one from each source.
