FINAL RESEARCH ESSAY
Please see the LAHC guide for this assignment at http://libguides.lahc.edu/english/savard101
Specs
Suggested length: between 5 and 7 pages, 12pt. MLA format
Works cited page(s), properly formatted (not included in page length)
Minimum of 8 sources, only 2 of which can be Internet or Electronic (film etc)
Fast Food Nation may be used, but doesnt count as a source for the requirements
Your final paper for the semester will include research, analysis, and evaluation. You will first use outside materials to explore your subject. After youve found out the facts and opinions regarding your subject, you will analyze the information. You will need to break your research down into specific areas and examine each area carefully before making an evaluation.
RESEARCH
You will research a subject first presented in Scholssers Fast Food Nation. The subject is up to you, but should be one first presented in his book. Examples might be corporate food production, GMOs, fast food worker safety, the global market for fast food, and on. Your research should be well documented and organized in an annotated bibliography.
ANALYSIS
Understanding how your subject works and why it occurs is central to your research paper. This analysis will require your best research and organization of ideas to clearly describe and understand the issues surrounding your subject. You will use research to support your analysis. Sources must be cited and formatted in MLA documentation style.
EVALUATION
Making an evaluation is using facts, opinions, research, or other factors to create an informed judgment. This evaluation will be apparent in your thesis. Evaluation is your opinion after having researched and analyzed. However, DO NOT USE FIRST PERSON. I will not place any restrictions or expectations on your evaluation, other than it should be written well. Remember that it is your opinion, but should be based in your research and presented as objective truth3rd person.. It would be a waste of invested time and research to spend your final paragraphs with sentiments that are poorly expressed: Diabetes in children is simply unavoidable, or Monsanto is evil!
The Annotated Bibliography
Assignment: Find eight sources that address your issue with varying perspectives. They should also vary in terms of format: there should be a blend of journals, newspapers, websites and books. In alphabetical order, you will list the source in MLA format (just as an entry on a Works cited page), and then follow it with a summary of the source (in four to six sentences), and finally an analysis of it, possibly explaining why it has been selected, and how the information will be used.
This assignment has the following requirement:
At least 3-4 pages in length, typed, double-spaced, in proper MLA format, with heading and title.
Eight sources that convey a variety of perspectives on your issue, in a variety of formats. Note that per the Research Essay prompt, a maximum of three sources may be Internet or Electronic. Archived database documents originally published in print format are not considered electronic, sources; however, non-print Internet sites, blogs, homepages, message boards, and online media are.
Please note that this assignment does not require an essay to be written. That is, there is no claim or body of support to be asserted. Rather, you are simply listing and summarizing sources, and giving brief explanations of why you find them to be useful. You are to be objective in your summary of them.
Important details:
Personal interviews may not be used as sources.
You may not write in the first person for this assignment (no I, me, my, or mine.
You will be judged on the following criteria: the quality of your sources and the variety of formats. Use only excellent, reputable sources and try not to have more than three types of one format (newspapers, books, journals, websites).
Popular websites like Wikipedia, answers.com, ask.com, etc. are not credible sources. Avoid them.
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