Paper is on The Salem Witch Trails

To support your research, you must use at least four (4) secondary sources from the JTCC library (you may use the same source material from your annotated bibliography if the source material is appropriate). Your paper must be at least 1,500 words in length.

Argument

• Your paper must be research-based. An analytical research paper is a piece of writing aimed at analyzing different points of view from multiple sources on a particular topic. This means you will research and determine the validity of source material as it applies to your own position. Remember, it’s okay to disagree with scholarly articles.
• Your thesis statement must be clear and arguable and supported throughout your paper. A thesis is always debatable and never a statement of fact or a question.
• You should avoid unnecessary biographical information and plot summary. Your paper should be an analysis (the WHY, not the HOW).
• As you analyze the information, make sure you aim to employ a consistent third-person point-of-view.

Use of Research

• You must use at least 4 secondary sources that provide critical arguments about your topic; these sources should come from the JTCC library databases
• Your secondary sources should be used sparingly to either support or explain your thesis by using no more than 2 lines of quoted material at a time. This means no block quotes and/or lengthy quotes dropped into the middle or end of a paragraph. Paraphrasing and brief contextual summary are your friends here.
• For more information, view the Purdue OWL (Links to an external site.)

MLA Style

• Your paper must be formatted according to MLA format
• You must include a works-cited page at the end of your paper. Your works-cited should include both your primary and secondary sources
• You must include in-text citations within the body of your paper
• For more information about MLA style, you should view the Purdue OWL’s pages on MLA (Links to an external site.)

Mechanics, Grammar, and Punctuation

• All written assignments should be mechanically and grammatically correct with proper punctuation
• For more information on each of these, you should view the Purdue OWL’s General Writing Resources (Links to an external site.)

Structure

• The introduction should include a clear thesis statement
• Each body paragraph should have a clear topic sentence that relates back to the thesis; the information in each paragraph should relate to the topic sentence
• The conclusion should bring together how you developed the points to show how you fully supported your stance in the thesis statement without adding new material/insights into the paper
• Bear in mind that the structure of a paper, the thesis statement, the introduction, and the conclusion should all work together. Before you begin writing, I recommend that you write an outline to organize your ideas. Doing this will help you write a logical, well-organized essay.

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