An introduction to the key aspects of the research paper genre
Usually at the post-secondary level, when it finally comes time to write your first real research essay--or "paper" as it's more commonly called--you may find yourself confronted with confusion, resentment, panic, and a touch . . . okay, let's be real . . . a heap of 'page fright.'

Maybe you have a creative writing background from high school or even college where you were accustomed to writing "personal essays," the only research involved being a mental rifling through your brain's repositories for relevant experiences you've had.

Or you vaguely remember writing a five-paragraph expository essay in English Comp. 12 on William Golding's Lord of the Flies where the body of the essay was filled only with your ideas and examples straight from the text.

Or you have "reports" under your belt on Japanese culture or how papyrus was made and used in Ancient Egypt, neither of which you knew anything about at the time......

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Title: Writing A Term Paper
Approximate Word Count: 545
Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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