Humanities Homework Help

Your research paper draft should consist of two parts: part 1–the expository essay, and part 2–the argument essay (see attached). Work on combining the two into a single, unified paper.

Combining and unifying those two essays is part of a process meant to help you identify and answer additional questions that arose regarding your topic. Having read through a variety of academic sources that discuss various aspects of your topic, your knowledge and understanding of the topic should have grown and changed, and your final research paper should reflect that learning.

Please be mindful that your work on the research paper should not end with copying-and-pasting your final/revised expository and argument essays; you should spend some time unifying those essays by adding necessary transitions, including additional supporting material uncovered through your research process, and cutting out repetitive or redundant material resulting from merging the two essays.

To combine your expository and argument essays together, the structure or outline of your paper might look something like this:

• Introduction to broader topic (intro of expository essay; 1 paragraph)
• Discussion of problem/issue (body of expository essay; 3-5 paragraphs)
• Transition from problem to solution (merging of expository conclusion and argument introduction paragraphs; 1-2 paragraphs)
• Discussion of solution (body of argument essay; 3-5 paragraphs)
• Conclusion that ties it all together (conclusion from argument essay; 1 paragraph)

Following an outline like the one discussed above would easily yield anywhere between 9 and 14 paragraphs.

Your research paper should be a minimum length of 2000 words (roughly 6 to 8 pages in proper MLA format) and include a Works Cited page with at least 5 scholarly sources. The entire document should be properly formatted in MLA style. You should be sure to include well-formed introduction and conclusion paragraphs, and your body paragraphs should be well-organized with clear topic sentences at the beginning of each paragraph.