Research Paper Outline, Reference Page Rough Draft, and Specified Cultural Analysis
The portfolio project is a 5-7 page research paper (approximately 1,500-1,750 words) designed to require you to expand your knowledge and capabilities through combining knowledge and application of content with your own interpretation and judgment. For the final portfolio project, you will write a research paper about Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, supplementing your own interpretation with information from 3-5 other sources. The final research paper is due in Module 8.
This week, in Module 5, the outline of the paper and your working rough draft of your reference page are due. Refer to the lecture material and the information below for more information on constructing these documents.
Outline:
•Submit a topic outline or a sentence outline.
•Demonstrate a clear thesis and organization for the paper.
•Include specific details to support the sub-points of the thesis.
Reference Page:
•Use APA formatting for each citation.
•Remember to alphabetize the entries, A-Z.
•Double-space within and between entries.
•Format using hanging indents, see screenshot for details
?First line of each entry must be flush with left-hand margin.
?Indent 2nd and subsequent lines of each entry one tab or five spaces.
Finally, you will take the particular research question that you are developing as the thesis of your portfolio project and contextualize it in such a way as to convey an international or multicultural understanding of the novel. For example, if you are developing a cultural analysis of the novel, you would need to answer, as a part of your research thesis, how one culture develops in direct competition against the emergence of another foreign culture. Or, if you are developing a feminist analysis, you would need to answer, as a part of your research question, how one culture’s treatment of women changes when confronted by another’s culture differing attitude toward women. Or, if you were doing a direct compare/contrast analysis, you would need to directly compare specific aspects of one culture against another culture.
In other words, any critical perspective from which you frame your thesis and overall paper needs to convey a shaper international or multicultural understanding of the novel and should be reflected in your outline and reference list.
PART II (Due May 23rd)
Final Portfolio Project (350 Points)
The portfolio project is designed to require you to expand your knowledge and capabilities through combining knowledge and application of content with your own interpretation and judgment. For the final portfolio project, you will write a research paper about Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, supplementing your own interpretation with information from three to five other sources. Again, remember that your interpretation of this novel should reflect an international perspective. Information about planning your research paper and conducting your research can be found in the lecture material for Module 5. The portfolio project is due in Week 8.
Research paper requirements:
•1,500-1,750 words (5-7 pages).
•Minimum of three sources (excluding the novel) – must be credible, authored sources; anonymous Websites or sites like Wikipedia are not acceptable as one of your three main sources.
•Double-spaced, Times New Roman, 12-pt font.
•Title Page: for an explanation of how to formulate a title page in APA, see this link: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/(scroll down to “Title Page”).
•Insert page numbers in the top right hand corner.
•Include a Reference Page.
•Use correct APA formatting in the paper and on the reference page.
•Submit final portfolio project no later than 11:59 p.m., MT, on Sunday of Module 8, the final day of the course.
Your final paper will be graded not only based on content but also based upon the quality of your writing, syntax, and grammar. Please be sure to pay special attention to the quality of your written work. It is highly recommended that you closely proofread your assignment prior to submission. In addition, you are again expected to provide support for your arguments based upon both the required and recommended readings for the course, as well as to incorporate any relevant points culled from the discussion boards. Review the Portfolio Rubric, located in Course Information.
Use the order calculator below and get started! Contact our live support team for any assistance or inquiry.
[order_calculator]
