Fast Food Contain Harmful Food Additives

 

Research Project

 

The research project is a long-term project that will ultimately result in a typed, five-page research paper (five pages of text, not to include works cited or outline).  Your task is to write a paper following the guidelines described in The Owl.

 

Topic

 

  • Must be argumentative
  • Must involve an issue, or related issue, brought up in Fast Food Nation
  • Must be recent (within last ten years)
  • Must be same topic used for mini-research paper

 

 

 

Requirements

 

  • The final paper must be at least five double-spaced, typed pages (size 12 font); five pages of text does not include outline and works cited
  • You must use at least five sources in paper; at least three sources must be print sources, including electronic sources (sources found on the Internet, Infotrac, CD-ROM, etc., must also exist in print).  Information from television programs, lectures, personal interviews, and so forth may be used provided that it is correctly documented.
  • The paper must have an explicit thesis statement and precise topic sentences
  • Support your points using evidence from your sources (expert testimony, statistics, examples, etc)
  • Your paper should be a synthesis of information from your sources and your own inferences, comments, and conclusions.  You should not be overly reliant on any one source, nor should your paper be a patchwork of information from your sources.
  • Information from your sources must be correctly and accurately quoted, paraphrased, and summarized
  • Sources must be documented using MLA-style parenthetical references (in-text citations) and a works cited page
  • You must be prepared to make all source material, including print sources, available to instructor.

 

 

Research

 

Because the quality of your paper depends on the quality of your information, you will want to give yourself ample time and opportunity to gather and analyze materials.

 

 

Grading

 

Content and use of sources                                                       25 points

Organization                                                                             25 points

Documentation                                                             25 points

Accurate quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing                      25 points

 

* Grammar and punctuation errors will result in a loss of points.

 

* Do not write more than six pages of text.

 

* You must complete the research paper to pass the course

 

* Your research paper will be worth 35% of your overall grade