Choose one quotation from a source, introduce its author and title and summarize its meaning. Cite the source and analyze the quotation's significance. Write a topic sentence that summarizes your analysis, cut the sentence, and paste it at the paragraph's beginning. Repeat the process for all of your sources.
Arrange your source passage paragraphs into three to six groups by cutting and pasting the related paragraphs beside each other. Rearrange the order of each group by cutting and pasting each individual source passage paragraph into the order that most makes sense to you.
Write one or two connecting paragraphs that explain the relationship between the first and second source passage paragraphs of group one. Cut and paste the connecting paragraphs in between the source passage paragraphs. Repeat the process for the subsequent paragraphs of each group.
Write an introductory paragraph for each group that will help transform it into a paper section by including a section sentence that summarizes the findings of the group. Include a subtitle above the group that summarizes the section sentence. Repeat the process for each paper section.
Summarize the section sentences into a main thesis. Write a sentence that answers the question: what problem does my thesis solve? State the generally-received opinion that readers might not have understood before they read the paper.
State the benefits and costs of understanding the thesis or not. Cut and paste the opinion first, followed by the problem, the costs, the benefits and the thesis to the beginning of your paper.
Write the conclusion by rephrasing the main thesis and state the further costs if the costs from the introduction were to be realized as well as the further benefits if the benefits from the introduction were to be realized. Include a sentence about what can never be known and two sentences that suggest what research other scholars might conduct.