Your thesis statement should clearly identify the focus of your paper. It should be no longer than 2 sentences. Abstract [With Clearly Worded Thesis Statement of 1-2 sentences]: Your abstract should be a one paragraph summary indicating your critical examination of some idea or theme covered in the readings and class discussions that enables you to provide a probing inquiry and/or critique. It should tell the reader what to expect from the rest of the paper. The first paragraph of your essay should give your clearly worded scholarly opinion on how to address the question(s) that you ask based on your notes from the readings and class discussions. You will spend the rest of the essay persuading the reader of the logic of your interpretation based on the evidence you have found in your textbooks and class notes to support what you have said in this first paragraph. [Many researchers refer to this paragraph as the “abstract” and also use it to summarize their paper. This requires them to compose it last, as a summary of their longer paper]. Critical Review of Scholarship: You should indicate what specific sources you will be referring to in your essay, and for what specific points. You will, of course, be referring to the class textbooks, but should also refer to sources introduced in class. This is also the section of the paper where you should indicate how well your textbooks help you to answer your question(s). This last point is critical: This section will help us understand the strengths and weaknesses of each textbook and reading. If you are unsure about how to cite complete bibliographical information about sources brought up in class, please ask me. I will also demonstrate proper citation style in class. Discussion: This section will be the longest part of your essay. In it, you will address in detail your critical examination of some idea or theme using the textbooks and class discussions/sources to support your points
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