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Name: ____________________________________________________________________________ Date: _______________ Block: _____

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Objective: Find a reliable, valid source that answers the following questions. Answer the questions on

the Evaluating Sources Worksheet. Then, read through the source carefully. You can write quotes

from the source on this page. Remember to put direct quotes in quotation marks! Try to completelyanswer each question; youll use your answers in your essay.

Research questions (use quotes from your source in each answer!):

1. Why was this group of victims identified and singled out for persecution?____________________________________________________________________________________________

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2. What factors allowed the perpetrators to carry out their acts of genocide? Whatcaused the persecutions to stop?

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3. What circumstances (war? a certain government? tribal conflict?) allowed thegenocide to occur without effective opposition? Why and when did these

circumstances change?

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4. During what time frame did the genocide occur? How long did it last? From whento when?

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The purpose of this paragraph is to give your audience to information about the causes of the genocide. You want to

describe the general situation in the country before the genocide and you want to provide information about who was

involvedthe victims and the perpetratorsas well as the social factors (government structure, war, famine, economic

issues, etc.) that contributed to the tensions between victims and perpetrators and eventually allowed the genocide tooccur. Use your answers to the questions on the opposite side of this page to draft your first paragraph.

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How to write a research paper paragraph (this formula always works!)

CDW = CLAIM + DATA + WARRANT

You make your CLAIM in the topic sentence and the second sentence of the paragraph

You use DATA to prove your point (quotation, summary, paraphrase, statistics)

Your WARRANT explains how your data proves your claim.

The Academic Research Paper Paragraph: Seven Sentences to Excellent Writing

1. Your assertion (the claim) or the topic sentence

2. You sub-assertion

this is a second sentence that narrows the idea of the topic sentence makes it more specific

3. Research support (the data)

facts, statistics, details quotes ALWAYS GIVE MLA REFERENCES FOR YOUR RESEARCH SUPPORT!4. Your discussion of the research (the warrant)

o You explain your quote or paraphraseo You show how your evidence proves the topic sentenceo You connect your quotation to the point you are making in this paragraph

5. More research support

A second quote6. Your discussion of the research

Every time you use a paraphrase, quote or summary, you MUST show how it proves yourtopic sentence

7. Your connection of the research to the thesis statement The concluding sentence of each paragraph shows how the evidence in this paragraph

connects to your thesis statement

****Normally, you do NOT being supporting paragraphs with a quotation. Generally you do NOT end

a paragraph with a quotation. There are exceptions, but ONLY if the discussion of the research is

already in the paragraph


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1. Introduce the quote, summary, or paraphrase:

Give the source (name of person, title of web page) and a verb such as:

Writes illustrates explains highlightsSuggests reveals describes argues

Emphasizes asserts states points out

Claims proves argues notes

2. Then give the data (quote, summary, or paraphrase) with the citation in correct MLA style.

*Remember that all research must have a citation!*

Examples:

The UN Website on Illegal Immigrations describes how illegal immigrants are treated when they arrive

in Las Palmas. (UN, 2006)

Koffi Annan noted that illegal immigration has long been one of Africas most pressing problems

(Annan, 2005).

3. Add a TRANSITION:

This means / shows / reveals /highlights / indicates / clarifies

In other words,Clearly, then

For this reason,

4. Explain now what you think of the research, why it is important, how it relates to other

points, or how it relates to your main claim.

Do not use I or YOU. We know all the opinions in the essay come from YOU. Remember: It is your job to connect the ideas, not the readers. You must show how the research proves the point. Show how the research evidence relates to the topic sentence of that paragraph.

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