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• Cover page. This is where your title goes. Each university tends to have its own layout for the cover page, but the rule of thumb is that institutional information goes above the title, whereas personal information is below.
• The cover page should also list

  • personal details
  • name
  • address
  • email
  • student ID number
  • phone number (maybe)
  • the institution
  • the department for which you are writing your term paper
• Table of contents - your readers need to know what to expect
• Introduction. This is a more elaborate version of your project outline. You should specify what the paper is dealing with, what theoretical framework you're using, and what your hypothesis is.
• The body of the paper. This is where exciting things are happening. Your case studies, experiments, and results should be explored and described in detail.
• General parts of the body of the paper include:

  • Theoretical framing
  • Methodology
  • Analysis
  • Discussion
• Theoretical framing. Explain which theories or ideas you're using.
• Methodology. This is mostly present in scientific papers where you must explain what methods will guide your study.
• Analysis. Close readings, experiments, data surveys - whatever your project is doing, it should be doing it here.
• Discussion. Feel free to start interpreting your results in this section. A great paper does not simply list data - it compares and contrasts. You must be able to draw conclusions about what your analysis has shown you.
• pitfalls and future improvements - suggest how they can be improved upon in the future. You can also talk about what lines of research your project can inspire.
• Conclusion - Time to wrap it all up. Briefly summarise the key points of research and main results.
• Start reading. You cannot write a term paper from nothing. Once you have a general topic and an outline, you should start collecting your materials. Check out your library and inform yourself.
• Know when to stop, too. Sometimes you'll find yourself deep in the excitement of learning something new. Set up an experiment, survey, or study and follow up on the results. In humanities, this may mean a closer analysis of selected texts.
• Mind the style. Term papers are written in the 'academic' style and involve lots of passive voice, verbs of enlightenment (illustrate, examine, assess), and words marking cause-effect relationships. Don't be afraid to use transition words to make your text and conclusions flow easily.
• Cite properly. write down your sources meticulously as you go along. As soon as you cite someone, make sure you add the full citation at the end of the
• Don't plagiarise. Stealing intellectual property is a crime like any other and can have you kicked out of the course or even prosecuted. When paraphrasing, you still need to cite the original creator.
• Works Cited


  The centered title of the list of works cited at the end of the paper
• Underlining or Italics


  When reports were written on typewriters, the names of publications were underlined because most typewriters had no way to print italics. If you write a bibliography by hand, you should still underline the names of publications. But, if you use a computer, then publication names should be in italics.
• Always check with your instructor regarding their preference of using italics or underlining.
• Hanging Indentation


  All MLA citations should use hanging indents, that is, the first line of an entry should be flush left, and the second and subsequent lines should be indented 1/2".
• Format: Books

  Author's last name, first name. Book title. Additional information. City of publication: Publishing company, publication date.
• Alphabetize the entries in your list by the author's last name, using the letter-by-letter system (ignore spaces and other punctuation.)
• Your list of works cited should begin at the end of the paper on a new page with the centered title, Works Cited.
• With the month-day-year style, be sure to add a comma after the year unless another punctuation mark goes there.
• For dates, spell out the names of months in the text of your paper, but abbreviate them in the list of works cited
• If you write a bibliography by hand, you should still underline the names of publications. But, if you use a computer, then publication names should be in italics as they are below.
• All MLA citations should use hanging indents, that is, the first line of an entry should be flush left, and the second and subsequent lines should be indented 1/2.
• The MLA guidelines specify using title case capitalization - capitalize the first words, the last words, and all principal words, including those that follow hyphens in compound terms.
• Use lowercase abbreviations to identify the parts of a work (vol. for volume, ed. for editor) except when these designations follow a period.
• Separate author, title, and publication information with a period followed by one space.
• Use a colon and a space to separate a title from a subtitle. Include other kinds of punctuation only if it is part of the title.
• Use quotation marks to indicate the titles of short works appearing within larger works (e.g., "Memories of Childhood." American Short Stories). Also use quotation marks for titles of unpublished works and songs.
• If the dictionary or encyclopedia arranges articles alphabetically, you may omit volume and page numbers.
• If an edition is named on the masthead, add a comma after the date and specify the edition.
• How to write a term Paper:

  • Pick a topic you're interested in
  • Start reading
  • Know when to stop, too
  • Mind the style
  • Cite Properly
  • Don't plagiarise