Essay Instructions: Topic: Baseball
Thesis Statement: Baseball is the national pasttime of America, and a great sport in the world today.
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Details:
Junior Research Paper
Final Product: 4-5 page essay, typed, and in APA format.
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Directions:
1. Photocopy or print out all reference information from each source you use and any page that you directly cite from. Additionally, you MUST cite your sources within your paper or it will result in a ZERO on this assignment.
2. Paper must be typed.
3. Your final draft will need to be written as follows:
* APA format ( internet citations )
* 4-5 pages, typed, double-spaced, 12pt. font, Times New Roman, one-inch margins
* Reference page
* Minimum of 6 sources ( at least one book and internet source will be used; maximum of one encyclopedia source ) - No Wikipedia
* Photocopy or print out of each cited source
*** Do not use report covers and papers longer than 5 pages are STRONGLY discouraged ***
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Paper Format:
1. Headings- Title of paper at top of each page after title page except Reference page.
2. Citations- Basic rules for placing citations:
- Immediately after every direct quote
- When you stop using information from one source, stop and put citation
- If only one source per paragraph with no quotes, only paraphrasing, put citation at end of paragraph.
Book/magazine/journal/encyclopedia/newspaper
* Direct quotes-( Author's last name, year, page number )
* Single author-( Author's last name, year published )
* Two authors-( first author's last name & 2nd author's last name, year published )
* Three or more authors-( first author's last name et al., year published )
* No author-( title, year published )
Website with no author-( URL., year site made )
3. Reference Page- list of all sources cited in paper, in alphabetical order (#'s before letters), 2nd line indented
- Online article from a database or website;- name of artical ( year, month day artical written ). Retrieved from URL
- Book by one author;- author's last name, first initial. ( year published ). Title. city of publication, state or country: publishing company.
- Book by two authors;- first author's last name, first initial and second author's last name, first initial, ( year published ). title, city of publication, state or country: publisher
- Article in a journal;- author's last name, first initial, ( year published ) Article title, name of journal, pages used
- Artical in a magazine:- author's last name, first initial ( year, day or month of magazine ) artical title, magazine title, pages used
- Artical in a newspaper;- author's last name, first initial ( year, month day of issue ) artical title, newspaper, pages used.
- Movie;- last name, first initial (producer), & last name, first initial (director), (year movie made), {type of film}, city where movie made, state or country, movie company
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Hi, I'm a junior in high school and a baseball player. I really need an A on this research paper.
Thanks