Final Paper Instructions
You’ll write a 5-page essay of about 1500 words on a topic of Clashing Titans: A Legal Battle Between Drake threatening to sue Universal Music Group for inflating Kendrick Lamar’s song ‘Not Like Us. You’ll start by asking questions; you’ll then do research to find out answers. What you find out by doing research becomes your thesis statement.
This paper is due at the end of the semester which is December 19, but stages of it are due earlier. Your grade for this paper is partially based on its preliminary stages. Due next Thursday: the sources you’re using for your paper. You’ll use computer lab time to find sources for your topic; you’ll hand in a copy of these at the end of the class. Your verbal outline and sources become part of your research paper file and grade.
You’re required to use five different types of sources for this paper, one of which should be a survey or an oral interview. Here are some types of sources you can use: a book by one author; an article in a book with multiple articles by different authors; a professional journal article; a trade journal article; a newspaper article; a magazine article, a documentary film; a website of a reputable organization. Note that any source that you actually read on your topic must be listed, even if you don’t quote or paraphrase from this source. You’ll call the page for your sources Works Cite if everything on it is quoted or paraphrased. You’ll call it References if you include works which you looked at but did not quote or paraphrase from them. All sources should be listed using MLA format.
Your paper should have the following structure:
Heading or cover page and title
Introductory paragraph with thesis
Supporting paragraphs
Conclusion
Works Cited or Reference page
Make sure you carefully cite all of your quotes or paraphrases. I don’t want to see even a hint of plagiarism.