Touro College

Composition II
Fall 2010
Prof. G. Gruber
Research Paper Requirements

General Theme: “What Price Choice?”

Due Date: January 3, 2011
1800 – 3000 Words. MLA format, version 7
Times New Roman or Calibri 11 or 12 point, double spaced
Include an outline
At least TEN sources are required
Fiction) : <SELECT TWO FROM THIS LIST
AT LEAST ONE MUST BE FROM GROUP B>
1) Group A: Departmental Readings
Wilkins, “The Revolt of Mother”
Chekhov, “The Bet”

Group B Class Specific Readings

de Maupassant, “The Neklace”
Orwell, “Shooting an Elephant””
London, “To Build a Fire”

Non-Fiction) : <SELECT TWO FROM THIS LIST

AT LEAST ONE MUST BE FROM GROUP D>
1) Group C: : Departmental Readings
Nixon, “Resignation Address to the Nation”
Henry, “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”
2) Group D Class Specific Readings
King, “Letter from Birmingham Jail”
Minow, “Television and the Public Interest”
“The Value of Consequences”
(Recap: One or two from groups B and D; Zero or one from groups A and C;
Total reading list sources = 4)
The above sources are available via E-Reserves on the Touro web site.
A printable version of King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” is available at:
http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html

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Outside Sources. SELECT at least SIX

No more than half from “Internet sources”
The above limit on “Internet sources” does not apply to::
Online proprietary databases (such as EBSCO and ProQuest)
E-Reserves
Sources located via Google Scholar
Dictionaries and encyclopedias that have print editions.
Newspapers and magazines that have print editions
Cliffs Notes, Masterplots, or similar sources may not be used
www.wikipedia.com is not an acceptable source but can be used to find links to
other sources.
Consult your Departmental Handbook for complete details.