This brief, practical guide offers a clear and comprehensive strategy for conceptualizing, approaching, and executing the task of writing a research paper in the humanities and social sciences. In addition, it provides: a critical and process-oriented approach to the tasks of topic selection, formulation of the research question, thesis development, and argumentation. judiciously selected examples drawn from a broad range of disciplines. concise treatment of the aims, methods, and conventions of scholarly research, including the opportunities and pitfalls of Internet use. a wealth of conceptual and organizational tools, and more.
The use of the word “smelly” in this passage is illuminated by Jeffrey Myers's observation that Orwell “uses odor as a kind of ethical touchstone” (62). Orwell concludes his essay on Gandhi, Myers notes, by remarking “how clean a smell ...
12 Easy Steps to Successful Research Papers is an essential tool for students. This edition reflects the way research is done today by incorporating both traditional and online methods of research.
Griffin, Kimberly A. 2006. “Striving for Success: A Qualitative Exploration of Competing Theories of High-Achieving Black College Students' Academic Motivation.” Journal of College Student Development 47, no. 4 (July–August): 384–400.
Suppose that, along lines of interpretation similar to those suggested in Deborah Solomon's New York Times review of R. Tripp Evans' biography of Grant Wood,13 you offer the thesis that Wood's painting American Gothic was inspired by ...
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This book takes an integrated approach, using the principles of story structure to discuss every aspect of successful science writing, from the overall structure of a paper or proposal to individual sections, paragraphs, sentences, and ...
This comprehensive manual offers direction for every step of the thesis or dissertation process, from choosing an appropriate topic to adapting the finished work for publication.
While 1984 and Animal Farm are amongst the most popular classic novels in the English language, this new series of Orwell’s essays seeks to bring a wider selection of his writing on politics and literature to a new readership.
But most of them have received little or no instruction on doing it well. This book shows them how in ways no other book does.