Research Paper
this part of the essay is worth up to 150 points

finally, the last step

If you have reached this point, then you have done quite a lot of work. You did some initial research, took some notes, got your Research Proposal APPROVED! (which may have taken a few tries), continued reading and note-taking, turned in your Outline and Annotated Sources, then read more, drafted, revised, proofread. At least I hope you've done all of that because the finished Research Paper is due.

what you will be turning in and how

The finished essay itself, will be 6-8 pages (not counting the Works Cited page; that will make this 7-9 pages total).

But it might get even longer. A lot of topics greatly benefit from charts, graphs, photographic evidence and other images. Pictures (and such) do not count as pages of text, so let's say you have a 7-page paper on the Moon Landing Hoax (8 pages with the Works Cited page), and you ADD TO THAT two pages of photographic evidence (flags that don't hang correctly, shadows that don't make sense--that sort of thing) from your sources. Well, now your paper is 10 pages (7 of text, 1 for the WC page, 2 pages of pictures). Note: I like pictures; don't you?

The paper and the Works Cited pages must both be in MLA format.

Since this is a research paper, be sure there is sufficient documented secondary source material supporting and illustrating your claims throughout the essay; I prefer direct quotations rather than paraphrasing and/or summary. Summarize video sources (DVD's, YouTube clips), but, otherwise, make sure you use direct quotations, and be sure your document all quotations (and summary) with appropriate parenthetical citations.

Save the file as a Word (.doc, .docx or .rtf) or .pdf document and attach it to an e-mail you send me; include the class and assignment in the subject or body of the e-mail, please.

Note: I do not need to see your proposal, outline, annotated sources again; if you have reached this point, I have already seen them.

samples

There are actually a couple of samples of (partial) finished papers with Works Cited pages on Etudes under Resources > Essay Assignments > Research Paper.