Writing the Research Paper

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Writing the Research Paper
Research?
Research?

• How to choose the right career

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What is research?

• Investigating or looking into a subject to find
  out more than you already know.
• For this paper, we will research the topic of
  choosing a career by
• Getting 4 references from a book, article,
  website, and/or video.
• Having an interview with a person from the
  workforce to discover what they know your chosen
  career.

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Where do you do research?

• First, at the STC library
• In books, magazines, journals, online databases.
• If you need help, ask a librarian.
• On the Information Superhighway, better known as
  the Internet
• Use the search function of Internet Explorer or
  just plain Google it!
• The UT Pan Am library
• Your city library
• Anywhere that information is kept for your use

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The Eight Paragraph Essay

• Due to essay topic and number of supporting
  details, 8 paragraphs work best for this research
  essay
• 1 Introduction what is the career?
• 2 Daily duties?
• 3 What does it pay?
• 4 Training and education
• 5 Who will succeed here? You?
• 6 Information pro and con
• 7 Goals and plans
• 8 Conclusion

How to choose a career? Hmmm, lets look into
that
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The Introduction

• The Introduction is where you tell the reader
  what is going to happen in your essay.
• It should have your thesis statement or main
  topic or idea of your essay.
• It should have a brief description of your
  research and what ideas you are going to present
  in your essay.

I would like to introduce my subject My future
career
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The Thesis Statement

• The thesis of your essay gives your primary or
  main idea about your topic.
• In this essay, it is about what it takes to
  choose a career.
• In a narrative essay, it would be the overall
  idea about your story.

• In a persuasive essay, your thesis is the major
  opinion you are using to convince the reader to
  think like you do.
• Your thesis should be brief, to-the-point, and
  completely clear.
• You want to be sure the reader knows exactly what
  your thesis is.

Make your thesis clear!
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Supporting Detail Paragraphs (1)

• The details that support your thesis tell your
  research in the
• 2nd paragraph tell about the daily duties of
  your career. Which do you like the most? The
  least?
• 3rd paragraph what is the entry level salary?
  What are the chances of promotion?
• 4th paragraph what training and education are
  required? What can you get at STC? How much does
  it cost? How will you pay for it?

Thesis
Details
Always cite your source!
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Supporting Detail Paragraphs (2)

• Continue in these paragraphs
• 5th paragraph what kind of person does it take
  to succeed in this career? Are you that person?
• 6th paragraph what information you have gotten
  from your research and critical thinking was
  positive? what was negative?
• 7th paragraph what are your goals and plans for
  achieving your career? What will you do? How will
  you do it?

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The Conclusion

• The 8th paragraph is the conclusion is where you
  bring your essay all together and wrap it up for
  the reader.
• Restate your thesis.
• Briefly describe your research.
• Give your own ideas about what you learned from
  your research.
• Leave the reader with a good, strong statement
  that positively reaffirms your thesis statement.

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Plagiarism

• Plagiarism is a kind of cheating.
• Plagiarism is copying somebody elses work.
• Plagiarism is using an idea from a book, article,
  website, etc. and not saying where you got it.
• Plagiarism is dishonest and it can get you in
  very big trouble.
• To avoid plagiarism, all you have to do is tell
  where you got your information (see next slide.)

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Cite your sources in APA format

• On the last page of your essay, tell where you
  got your information.
• You can use other peoples ideas all you want,
  just dont forget to say where you got them
• In a book or article, tell the name of the
  author, name of the book, title of the article,
  when and where it was published.
• From the Internet, give the name address of the
  website.
• In an interview, tell who you interviewed and
  when where.
• Its that simple give other people the credit
  they are due for the information.

I got My ideas From This Book!