How to organize a research paper/speech

Capture, motivate, assert

• intro

• body

• conclusion

states the main points that will be covered

• preview

• conclusion

• optional

OP Statement

• topic sentence

• thesis sentence

• preview

OP Statement

• occasion/position statement

• other/ preference statement

• occupation/period statement

introduction needs

• hook,thesis

• question, answer

• point, support

conclusion must

• question, answer

• point, support

• summarize, refer back

body of paper

• capture, motivate

• point, support

• summarize, refer back

style for this research

• MLA

• APA

• Chicago

font for this paper

• comic sans 12

• ariel 11

• times new roman 12

minimum number of sources

• 3

• 4

• 5