The Role of Vulnerability in Shaping Personal and Profession…

TELL ME HOW THE LITERATURE REVIEW SECTION OF YOUR PAPER IS ORGANIZED by giving examples from your paper. In an opinion paper, you will focus on a topic about which you have personal thoughts, beliefs, or feelings. Your goal is to persuade your reader that your position on this topic is the best one. You wont accomplish that goal with a “what I feel approach.” Instead, you will need to support your claim with facts, statistics, real-life examples or published research studies – FACTS, REAL LIFE EXAMPLES, PUBLISHED RESEARCH STUDIES. So, despite its name, an opinion paper will require some research. The most common research paper assignment (particularly in undergraduate courses) is a lot like a LITERATURE REVIEW. You will conduct a thorough search for scholarly sources about your chosen topic, then carefully read and summarize them. But beyond simply describing the books and articles that you read, your goal is to participate in the scholarly CONVERSATION surrounding your topic. You can do that by: Organizing your paper by themes or trends that you discovered in the literature. Show me! Identifying and explaining controversies surrounding your topic Pointing out strengths and weaknesses in the studies that you read Identifying aspects of the topic that need further research