Norton Ch 8 reporting information
The reporting information paper is a straight informational paper. Argument and proposal papers use
information with the intent to argue that a particular stance is the correct one or that a particular course of
action is the correct action to take.
You will not do an argument or a proposal. You will pick a topic that you would like to know more about,
such as bystander effect, self-efficacy, or generalized anxiety disorder (to mine from psychological
topics), or a particular disease or illness (medicine), or conservatism, liberalism, democracy
(history/political science).For 1301, you will find at least FOUR sources off of the EBSCO databases (not
an encyclopedia and not wikipedia). For 0303, you will find at least TWO sources off of the databases.
This paper will be 4 pages long and will use MLA format for 1301 (2 for 0303).
If you are in 1301, you need to read chapter 8 and ch 56 in the Norton text. Seriously, I want you to read
ALL of both chapters.
Your thesis statement will be a mixture of a factual statement that can be expounded on and your feeling
about the topic. Example: The civil war changed the course of American history.
Choose a topic you wish to know more about.
Begin looking for source material from the library databases.
Ways to organize paper:
Hook: anecdote, illustration quote, something to generate reader interest.
Background on topic.
Thesis statement.
Describe topic, provide key definitions.
Explain by comparing and contrasting, classifying, analyzing causes and effects, whatever works for your
paper.
Conclude with thesis restatement, summation.
Example reporting information papers:
Facilitated Communication
Autistic Regression
Reporting Information
