Common Research paper errors Mistakes to avoid in

Common Research paper errors Mistakes to avoid in the future

Submission Errors • Many students lost point due to not following submission instructions. • The Follow errors cost 10 pts a piece – – Not underlining the title of a major work Not having a proper title Contractions (except in direct quotations) Use of first and second personal pronouns • I, you, we, us, me

Not Following paper requirements. • Many students lost point for not following the paper requirements. • If you had the following errors, you could receive no higher than a 70. – No quotes • You needed to have at least 1 quote in each body paragraph. – No work cited page • All your work is plagiarized. – No citations for quotations. – No citations for paraphrases

Organizational Errors • No clear identification of the work or the author • Lack of a clear thesis statement • Lack of topic sentences to open body paragraphs • Lack of analysis of quotes – A quote should never be the first or last sentence in a body paragraph. • You need a topic sent. which sets up the quote as the first sentence in your paragraph • You need at least one sentence after the quote to analyze how the quote proves you thesis. • No transitions between paragraphs

Incorrect MLA format • • • Incorrect parenthetical citation format Incorrect block citation format Incorrect work cited page format Incorrect heading Incorrect header • These errors only happened because you were careless. All you had to do was copy the format from the samples.

Grammar and Usage Errors • Many people had good ideas that were killed by poor writing. • No matter how careful you are with documentation and research, you need to make sure your paper makes sense when read.

Review of the fatal five writing errors.