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Are you staring at the blank page on and manageable.

For example, if
your screen and have no idea how to your topic is “Global Warming”, you
approach your challenging research should narrow it to “Causes of
paper? Research papers are Global Warming”, “Impact of Global
complex and time-consuming Warming on Human Health” or
assignments and what is really something like that.
important they make up a large part
of student’s grade in all classes. It’s Step 2. Write a Working Thesis Statement
not a secret that academic writing is
hard but written communication
skills are essential for your success
in college, graduate school, and in
your future career. That’s why you
should work hard to master the art
of paper writing.
If you are not sure where to start,
read this article to learn about
effective strategies that make this
process as painless as possible.

How to Write an APA Research


Paper
We’ll break down the writing process Prepare a working thesis before you
into easy steps to help you actually organize your research
understand how to write a research because it will guide your
paper fast no matter how long it investigation and will help you stay
must be. focused on your subject. Your thesis
statement should be concise and
Step 1. Choose a Topic reflect the type of paper you are
writing. All research papers can be
Sometimes college students are
divided into 3 categories:
assigned with their research paper
topics, but if you are fortunate  argumentative or persuasive if
enough to have such an option, you are arguing the conclusion;
choose your topic wisely. First of all,  expository when you explain
think about choosing a challenging information;
topic you are interested in. Then,  analytical when you present
you won’t be bored when doing the your analysis of certain
research because you are sure to information.
discover something new and you’ll
You have to devote enough of your
enjoy the writing process. Don’t
precious time to creating a good
select subjects that are too technical
strong thesis statement so that your
or general.
project has a clear purpose. Your
If your topic is too broad, your
thesis should be debatable and
research paper is unlikely to be
narrow because your claims should
successful because it will look like a
be supported by evidence. If your
general overview. You should narrow
claim is broad, you will need more
your topic down to a certain aspect,
evidence to convince your readers
concept or idea and make it specific
that you are right. Here is an
example of a debatable thesis
statement:
Climate change is the most
pressing challenge facing the
world today.

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