POLISCI 377 Lecture 6: Research Paper Lecture Notes
6/12/18
Research Paper Lecture Notes
Basic Outline/Notes on how to structure your research paper:
●Introduction
-Include your thesis
-Basic structure for paper
●Body paragraphs
-These paragraphs support your thesis
-Provide evidence
-Analyze evidence
-Make sure to address weaknesses*
●Conclusion
-Sums up thesis
-Why it is important
Notes On thesis:
●Scale of thesis
-Can be different depending on the paper you’re righting
-The paper for this class is 10-12 pages so the thesis needs a
large scale
-One example of what you could write about is a carbon tax
●Complexity of thesis
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