English 1130 Research Essay Instructions<\/p>\n
The research essay (1200 words, plus or minus 10%) is a persuasive essay that crafts a critical,<\/p>\n
researched intervention into one of the final three debates explored in class (Tar Sands\/Oil Sands,<\/p>\n
Gender, or Sports and Politics), and grounds this intervention in an existing scholarly debate.<\/p>\n
This assignment brings together all of the critical reading, writing, and research skills you have<\/p>\n
been developing all semester. Identify a debate, and then \u2018put in your oar\u2019: offer your argument<\/p>\n
in response. The strongest paper will interrogate assumptions, and may use academic pieces to<\/p>\n
critically analyze the popular ones. Strong papers will explore the complexity of the ideas involved,<\/p>\n
rather than remaining within superficial \u2018common sense\u2019 thinking. As you seek your \u2018spark\u2019 (your<\/p>\n
\u2018exigence,\u2019 or reason for writing), consider how you can use the scholarly analysis to engage in a<\/p>\n
critique of the popular texts. Your argument should be evidence-based and supported with<\/p>\n
research, and should, at some point in the paper, respond to a naysayer.<\/p>\n
To help you craft this kind of critical intervention into the \u2018case,\u2019 use at least 3 of the 5 peer-<\/p>\n
reviewed academic articles from your annotated bibliography (more is better). As the library<\/p>\n
skills session explained, these are scholarly sources that you find independently, such as journal<\/p>\n
articles or peer- reviewed books\/book chapters. You can locate these peer-reviewed sources<\/p>\n
through the library catalogue and the library\u2019s online databases such as Academic Search<\/p>\n
Complete, JSTOR, or subject- specific databases. The research librarians can help you find the<\/p>\n
right databases for your subject.<\/p>\n
More research is better, as long as your own argument is clear. Therefore, you are not limited to<\/p>\n
only the articles from your annotated bibliography; you can also use other peer-reviewed<\/p>\n
sources (articles, books, and book chapters) that you find while you are writing the paper.<\/p>\n
Additional (print or web) sources from reputable non-peer-reviewed publications, such as<\/p>\n
quality newspaper or magazine articles, or well- researched journalistic books by reputable<\/p>\n
authors, are ok in addition to scholarly articles. Evaluate your sources: avoid non-reputable<\/p>\n
content or articles of questionable value.<\/p>\n
The readings you choose should ground rather than replace your own argument, so use<\/p>\n
quotations judiciously, explicate fully, and cite all sources used (direct or indirect). It is a good<\/p>\n
idea to review exercises for avoiding plagiarism and using MLA format.<\/p>\n
You are allowed to use \u2018I\u2019 in your paper sparingly, but consider how much \u2018work\u2019 it does for you.<\/p>\n
Sometimes there is a good reason to use \u2018I\u2019. For instance, it may lend your paper more strength<\/p>\n
to use \u2018I\u2019 if you are a student writing about the cost of education; to situate yourself as First Nations<\/p>\n
or non First Nations when exploring ideas about colonization and decolonization in the classroom;<\/p>\n
to discuss critically observations about your own experience of gender in a paper about<\/p>\n
performativity; to discuss critically your relationship to sports and politics if you are an athlete or<\/p>\n
a fan. In some other persuasive situations, the \u2018I\u2019 doesn\u2019t do much \u2018work\u2019 for you, so you may gain<\/p>\n
more traction for your argument by leaving it out and getting right to the point.<\/p>\n
At this level, we have begun to surpass the degree of precision available in regular dictionaries.<\/p>\n
For looking up ordinary vocabulary, your dictionary will be useful, but for defining technicallanguage, consult a technical dictionary for your chosen subject. See examples for cultural theory<\/span><\/p>\n and <\/span>science.<\/span><\/p>\n As you write and research, your ideas will grow and change. Check your thesis statement against<\/p>\n the Four Criteria: Strength, Interest\/Arguability, Specificity, Manageability. As your thinking<\/p>\n develops, revise your working thesis statement and outline to match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" English 1130 Research Essay Instructions The research essay (1200 words, plus or minus 10%) is a persuasive essay that crafts a critical, researched intervention into one of the final three debates explored in class (Tar Sands\/Oil Sands, Gender, or Sports and Politics), and grounds this intervention in an existing scholarly debate. This assignment brings together […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[14],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/15276"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/15276\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=15276"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=15276"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=15276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}