This will be a comprehensive analysis of the issue, or some aspect of the issue. At a minimum it should involve a review of the literature on the topic, and assessment of alternative positions, an evaluation of the evidence and a well-defended conclusion. The paper should be 10 to 12 pages of the student's own work, not including the bibliography. It is written in clear style, is logically organized, and is easy to read.
Some people think that footnotes or citations are only used to indicate the source of a quotation.
As a result, many things that should be footnoted are not and many things that should not be quoted are. 3. acknowledge each conclusions, inferences, or frameworks drawn from another source. A citation is also necessary when a passage is paraphrased, or when its substantive meaning is borrowed, even in part When you paraphrase a passage, put it in your own words, changing just a few words in a quotation is wrong. Six consecutive words is sometimes used as a rule of thumb. Do this rarely.