Order Description

include the following elements in your essay:
1) Create a succinct and persuasive thesis.
*2) Expand on your support for your thesis by providing evidence from your PRIMARY sources
and your SECONDARY sources.
*3) Include at least THREE quotations from your secondary sources.
4) Include a Works Cited (don’t forget to cite your primary sources)
5) Use a compelling title that speaks to your topic/arguments
What is a research paper?
A research paper asks that explore your topic in much greater depth than you can in a traditional essay. Through the research process, you can become an expert in one specific topic and share your findings and enlighten your readers.
What is an Argumentative Research Paper?
The argumentative research paper consists of an introduction in which the writer clearly introduces the topic and informs his audience exactly which stance he intends to take; this stance is often identified as the thesis statement.
An important goal of the argumentative research paper is persuasion, which means the topic you chose might be debatable or controversial. The key is to take a stance, to make an argument.
THE RESEARCH COMPONENT OF THE ESSAY:
You are required to integrate quotations from at least THREE secondary sources into your
paper. All three of your secondary sources must be referenced on your Works Cited page. Don’t forget to include your primary text(s) (i.e. the short story and/or work of literary non-
fiction you are writing about) in your Works Cited.
Consulting secondary sources consists of 5 steps:

*Topic: SATIRE/PARODY: Compare the use of satire/parody in two texts that we’ve examined this term. Satire is defined as a literary work designed to make fun of or seriously criticize its subject. Make a clear argument about how these texts use satire/parody, what the subject of their satire is, and the effectiveness of the criticism they level.

1) Reading the texts.
2) Assessing their merits—how do they help you to understand the course material or the
topic better? Do you agree with the arguments presented? How is your thinking different
from the critics’?
3) Quoting at least THREE secondary sources in the body of your essay.
4) Commenting on the quotations you have provided. (E.g., Explain or contextualize the
quotation, if necessary. Briefly discuss the merit of the critic’s argument. Connect the
quotation to your thesis.)
5) Citing all sources using MLA or APA format on both the Works Cited page and throughout
the essay using in-text citations.