ASSIGNED: 10/08, due October 18th, 11:59 pm through blackboard

WORTH: 5% (together with the research program assignment). If, however, you don't complete this research assignment, it's an additional 5 points off your semester grade.

ESTIMATED TIME: Varies depending on your question/topic.

BE SURE TO FOLLOW THE FILE-NAMING CONVENTIONS FOR THIS COURSE (5% penalty if you do not).

All files should be saved on your computer as: your last name, followed by an underscore ("_"), followed by the first two letters of your first name, followed by an underscore ("_"), followed by the assignment number. So if a student named Saddam Hussein were to submit assignment number 3, the file name would be:

hussein_sa_3.doc

THIS IS ASSIGNMENT 3

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In this assignment you will present to me the structure of your paper and the 8 (at least) quotations you will use to support your argument.

You will want to look at the paper assignment first.

Your outline should identify the LEADING IDEA (aka, "claim") of each paragraph that makes an argument or analyzes evidence. Remember, that for every point you make, you MUST supply textual evidence in the form of a quotation.

So, if you want to demonstrate that the author of your article contradicts something we learned in class, you will need to provide a quotation from both our textbook and your article. SUCH QUOTATIONS SHOULD APPEAR IN YOUR OUTLINE.

Your outline (and, eventually, your paper) will likely need at least eight quotations. You could easily, however, have many more.

If you have fewer than eight quotations, chances are you aren't, in fact, doing the assignment properly.

If you've never written an outline before, you might want to check out this.

Remember, that it is PART B of the paper assignment (it will be obvious when you look at the assignment) that matters most.