Term Paper Format

1. Cover page of Title page

- Center each line and double-space every each line on a blank paper: Title of paper in upper and
lower case. The cover page includes: title of the assigned term paper; Name (s) of the writer;
Name of professor; Course and subject details; Name of University; Date of submission.

2. Introduction or Purpose of the Paper

- The introduction should define the problem you are studying, discuss the history of the problem
and state its importance or purpose in the field and presented in such a manner that it would
interest the reader to read further. In most cases, the Introduction summarizes the theoretical
importance and previous research in the area and includes a clear statement of the research
hypotheses or aims of the paper. The thesis statement should be introduced here.

3. Main Body
- Contain the actual research work along with all the date and facts and figures. Here the topic
should be discussed in detail; all arguments must be presented here, backed by logical and strong
evidences. Here the writers have to defend his/her research work with the help of various
evidences taken from each other people’s work. In text citations for such support is extremely
important to avoid any charge of plagiarism. Here the student’s case should be made to build up
all research findings must be presented here. A body will consist of many paragraphs or section
all of which must be linked well.

4. Results
- The meat of a paper is contained in this section, where the results are stated and explained.
More than one section may be used in order to break the paper into logical, readable modules. In
a survey paper or term paper, you will summarize, organize, and synthesize the results from the
papers you read in the Results section. Graphs and tables should be included if they make the
results more intelligible.

5. Discussion
- Evaluation and implications of the research, including hos the result support or do not support
the argument; comparison of the results with previous research; and problems with the research.

6. Conclusion
- It is common to include a conclusions section to summarize the content of your paper, discuss
future directions, findings, main limitation of the study at hand and state any open problems.
This will reiterate the thesis statement. There should be a concluding statement that should be
convincing and strong.

7. References
- Proper citation and references at the end and on a separate page is absolutely necessary to avoid
charges of plagiarism.