Assignment: Research Paper.

RESEARCH: You will need at least five cited sources in your paper. Books, scholarly journals, newspapers,
interviews with authorities, field studies, reputable polls, etc. are all places you might look for
information, no Wikipedia. (Avoid relying too heavily on lightweight, popular sources like Time or USA
Today.) You will need to follow the MLA citation style. You will want to use research both in your
analysis of the problem and in defending your solution.

PROPOSAL: The core of this paper is your proposed approach to the problem you outline. Your
approach may take a wide range of forms: you may literally propose a solution, or you may recommend
a general course of action. Whatever you propose, you should take a clear and welldefined stance on
the issue; your readers should understand exactly the steps you are suggesting to solve or mitigate the
problem at hand. If the problem your paper tackles is too complex, you may have a hard time
adequately explaining and supporting your proposal--think focus. Since this project stretches over the
rest of the semester, choose a topic that you like and are interested in. For now, focus on defining the
problem you want to tackle, and thinking about where you might go to find information on it. You may
or may not have an idea about what you will propose; if you don't, your research should help you
formulate your approach.