English 102 Paper #1: The "Death" of Print

English 102 Paper #1: The "Death" of Print

2-4 pages. Double-spaced. MLA-format. Works Cited page. Stapled. 50 Points

This paper is a 5-paragraph "mini-research" essay. Using 2-3 outside sources, discuss the a specific change in print publishing and its potential effects for readers. Consider developments in the publishing industry, newspaper publishing, journalism, education, research, scholarship, or the act of reading.

Keep your topics as small and specific as possible. Beware of "puff" articles that merely introduce or cheer-lead for a new technology. This is an incredibly short paper, so you will only have to time to really explore one idea in any depth.

Make sure to include an arguable thesis statement in your introduction. Please supply some very concise background information in your introduction--You may use quotes or paraphrases from the sources if you like, just make sure to provide a citation for the source (even for paraphrases).

Each body paragraph should be built around one "meaty" quote from your research. The quote should be a complex intersection of ideas that requires you to explain it and connect it to other ideas in the paper.

Potential search terms: publishing, publishing industry, newspapers, newspaper industry, electronic publishing, technological change, digital, journalism, education, scholarship, future, reading.

Mon Jan 25 -- Paper #1 Topics and Sources due
Thu Jan 28 -- Paper #1 Outline due (see back of this page)
Mon Feb 1 -- Paper #1 First Draft due
Fri Feb 5 -- Paper #1 due (including Works Cited page, outline, first draft, peer reviews)

I. Introduction (narrow from Subject to Topic)
A. Background or context
B. Thesis Statement
1. Topic
2. Position
3. Subtopics
a. Subtopic 1
b. Subtopic 2
c. Subtopic 3

II. Subtopic 1
A. Topic sentence
B. Present evidence (usually a quote from the text, or a summary or paraphrase)
NOTE: Cite the source immediately following a quotation, e.g. (Miner 244).
C. Explain in your own words explain what the quote is saying, or "means."
D. Analyze why the quote is important to your the position in your thesis.
E. Connect this idea to the next subtopic by suggesting a relationship to the next
subtopic.

III. Subtopic 2
A. Topic sentence
B. Present evidence (usually a quote from the text, or a summary or paraphrase).
NOTE: Cite the source immediately following a quotation, e.g. (Hardin 244).
C. Explain in your own words what the quote is saying, or "means."
D. Analyze why the quote is important to your the position in your thesis.
E. Connect this idea to the next subtopic by suggesting a relationship to the next
subtopic.

IV. Subtopic 3
A. Topic sentence
B. Present evidence (usually a quote from the text, or a summary or paraphrase).
NOTE: Cite the source immediately following a quotation, e.g. (Swift 424).
C. Explain in your own words what the quote is saying, or "means."
D. Analyze why the quote is important to your the position in your thesis.

V. Conclusion (broaden from Topic to Subject)
A. Restate your thesis (in different words. Do not cut and paste from your
introduction.)
B. Pull together the three subtopics by explaining how they are connected to each
other and how they support the position in your thesis.
C. Expand on the implications
1. Suggest potential ramifications, solutions, next steps in analysis.
2. Make general observations based on your close analysis of the specifics of the
topic.