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 * Overview:** The Junior Project is a 3-5 page, persuasive research paper. You will be required to have in-text citations from at least five (5) reliable sources and follow MLA format. You must also incorporate an image into your essay and correctly cite it. Your paper must also be related to American literature or American life in some way.


 * Remember that for the purposes of this project, you can identify a problem and then propose a solution.


 * Model Essay**


 * Critical Inquiry Assignment**


 * Initial Research**

List of Potential Research Topics

Initial Interest Research Assignment (this assignment does not apply to students completing the project in Fall 2014)




 * Topic Selection and Brainstorming**

Definition/Explanation of Argumentative Writing



How to Develop a Research Topic



Brainstorming Techniques




 * Research Process**

To research, go to the Ashley Media Center page: [] Then click the "Student Research Center" box on the left side of the page; password= wiseowl

A good way to find scholarly magazines: []

Reliable Search Engines @http://www.hakia.com/

@http://education.iseek.com/

Research Websites other than Google

** Citing Your Sources **
For basic, comprehensive information on MLA format:

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====Basic Style for Citations of Electronic Sources (Including Online Databases) ==== Here are some common features you should try and find before citing electronic sources in MLA style. Not every Web page will provide all of the following information. However, collect as much of the following information as possible both for your citations and for your research notes:
 * Author and/or editor names (if available)
 * Article name in quotation marks (if applicable)
 * Title of the Website, project, or book in italics. (Remember that some Print publications have Web publications with slightly different names. They may, for example, include the additional information or otherwise modified information, like domain names [e.g. .com or .net].)
 * Any version numbers available, including revisions, posting dates, volumes, or issue numbers.
 * Publisher information, including the publisher name and publishing date.
 * Take note of any page numbers (if available).
 * Medium of publication.
 * Date you accessed the material.
 * URL (if required, or for your own personal reference; MLA does not require a URL).

Citing an Entire Web Site
It is necessary to list your date of access because web postings are often updated, and information available on one date may no longer be available later. If a URL is required or you chose to include one, be sure to include the complete address for the site. (Note: The following examples do not include a URL because MLA no longer requires a URL to be included.)

Remember to use //n.p.// if no publisher name is available and //n.d.// if no publishing date is given.

Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). //Name of Site//. Version number. Name of institution/organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or publisher), date of resource <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,mono; font-size: 12px;">creation (if available). Medium of publication. Date of access.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,mono; font-size: 12px;">//The Purdue OWL Family of Sites//. The Writing Lab and OWL at Purdue and Purdue U, 2008. Web. 23 Apr. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,mono; font-size: 12px;">2008.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #603c14; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">A Page on a Web Site
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">For an individual page on a Web site, list the author or alias if known, followed by the information covered above for entire Web sites.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Remember to use //n.p.// if no publisher name is available and //n.d.// if no publishing date is given.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,mono; font-size: 12px;">"How to Make Vegetarian Chili." //eHow//. Demand Media, n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2009.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #603c14; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px;">An Article in a Web Magazine
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Provide the author name, article name in quotation marks, title of the Web magazine in italics, publisher name, publication date, medium of publication, and the date of access.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Remember to use //n.p.// if no publisher name is available and //n.d.// if no publishing date is given.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,mono; font-size: 12px;">Bernstein, Mark. "10 Tips on Writing the Living Web." //A List Apart: For People Who Make Websites//. A

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Courier New',Courier,mono; font-size: 12px;">List Apart Mag., 16 Aug. 2002. Web. 4 May 2009.


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 * Thesis Statement**



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 * Power Point and Presentation (This does not apply to students taking the course in the Fall of 2014)**



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