Correct MLA Works Cited List and in-text citations for paraphrasing, summary, and quoting required.
-Analyze the problem
-Establish that it is serious enough to need solving
-Offer a solution that will remedy the problem or at least help solve it
-Lay out the particulars by which your proposed solution would be put into effect
-Address your proposal to one or more members of the group or to outsiders who could help solve the problem
-Take into account readers likely objections to your proposed -solution as well as their preferred alternative solutions; address opposing views with the language of concession and refutation
Here is a checklist:
Identify a specific problem, define the problem as clearly and specifically as you can, and explore its implications:
What is the problem?
Why is it a problem?
How did it come to be; what or who caused it?
What are its effects, consequences, or ramifications?
Whom does it affect, to what extend, how positively or negatively?
Why hasnt this problem been solved yet; what obstacles stand in the way?
Remember that part of your job is to convince your reader that the problem truly is a problem.
Explore and select the best solution:
What is your solution?
What are its elements?
Which aspects of the problem will it solve? How effectively?What alternative solutions exist?
What benefits does each solution hold?
Why are these not as good as the one youve selected as best?
Essay MLA Format Guidelines:
Typed double spaced
8-10 pages
One-inch margins
size 12 standard fonts
Double-spaced on the upper left of only the first page:
Your Name
English 200
Prof. Ziff
Date
Proposal Solution Research Essay
An Informative Title that Hints at Your Thesis
Centered and Capitalized Correctly Not Bold or Underlined
Criteria for Evaluating the Research Essay:
Clarity of explanation of your topic and your position.
Identification of well-supported main reasons and recognition and effective refutation of opposing positions.
Quality and appropriateness of supporting evidence and sources.
Degree of logical thinking displayed.
Overall quality of writing.
Appropriate and correct MLA in-text citations and documentation.
Clear evidence of careful proofreading for sentence-level errors.
Appropriate MLA formatting AND a correctly formatted alphabetized Works Cited page.
paper must be 2000-3000 words or 8-10 double-spaced pages NOT including the Works Cited List.
minimum of 5 sources
Cite in correct MLA citations, both in-text and on a Works Cited List.
