Research Writing Process (Book): Objectives

For your research paper, focus on the following items to help improve your writing:

Focus on factual evidence. Shift your focus away from your own personal experience.
Focus on your citations. Be sure to document your source material in MLA parenthetical documentation in the paper as well as an MLA works cited page.
Focus on Organization. Use all organizers, prewriting, and outlining to help construct a logical flow of ideas within your paper.
Focus on audience awareness. Remember to use appropriate word choice.
Focus on evaluation of sources and information. Use trusted sources within the school databases to construct your research. Some sources within a basic Google search, such as Wikipedia, can be created/altered by anyone on the web and cannot be considered to be a reliable source.

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