HIST 1500Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Google Scholar
24 Jan 2018
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Break down the assignment and manage your time. A good essay topic is manageable, analytical and interesting. 1 what are things that you quote directly and sources that you have summarized. The context of the information you are. Annotated bibliography (bibliography with a summary in paragraph form) in chicago style. Developing a thesis and outline (needs to explain the purpose and argument of paper) organizes whole essay around thesis - answers the question. Thesis is not a question, statement, or basic fact. Each part of the thesis gets a section of the paper. Drafting: a good paragraph is a group of sentences thats uni ed around one central point. The point is clearly expressed in a topic sentence and developing it through details, examples and explanations. Introduce the historical question the paper will explore. Clearly lay out the scope of the essay - the time period, places and subjects discussed in the essay.
