The paper can only be submitted as a WORD document.
No late papers are accepted unless documented and in accord with WSU policy.
The attached checklist (see below), required to be completed and attached by you at the end of your Final Paper, details format and other requirements.
Your paper is evaluated on specific criteria:
LENGTH: (2%) 1000 words (10% rule, i.e., 900-1100 words)
INTRODUCTION (total 4%): your introduction must provide a one-sentence thesis statement (2%) and a path statement (2%).
The thesis (total 2%) must be clearly expressed as one--that means only one--point you will argue for in the paper (1%) and be consistent with the paper’s conclusion (1%)
The path statement (total 2%) must state clearly what issues/points you will cover to argue for and defend the thesis statement (1%), and be consistent with what is addressed in the body of the paper (1%)
BODY (total 8%): the body of your paper should provide arguments and evidence. You will be evaluated on:
Overall clarity (2%)
Overall persuasiveness (2%)
Proper deployment of sources (total 4%)—quoting material (1%), saying what you think the quotation tells you and your reader (1%), providing analysis of that message (1%), and explaining how it fits into your argument (1%) (rather than paraphrasing and providing a blanket reference for multiple sentences).
EVIDENCE (6%): Citations and bibliography: these demonstrate your ability and integrity as a researcher. Your evidence is evaluated on:
Proper formatting using an accepted style (2%)
Consistency of citations with bibliography entries (1%)
Having 10+ sources in the bibliography of which no more than 2 are general reference texts but specific to your inquiry (1%)
Having no unreferenced data or material in the paper (1%). Empirical facts are learned and cannot be known from just thinking about it; they are found in journals, newspapers, etc.. Some ‘common knowledge’ is false; research is the activity of uncovering what has been substantiated by experts.
Having no bibliography entry that is not cited in the paper (1%)
