Examine the primary references for your topic and construct a critical view that incorporates theory with practice. Maintain detailed notes, highlighting important supportive data. The term paper consists of an abstract, introduction, literature review, methodology, discussion and conclusion.
Brainstorm a thesis statement after you have reviewed your notes. An effective thesis statement is made up of your argument proposal and its analysis and your assertion or claim supported by evidence. Writing your thesis statement on paper helps you to visualize it more clearly. You may revise your thesis statement as you write, as long as it reflects your term paper's discussion.
Sketch a rough draft of your introduction. Revise the paragraph later. Summarize the primary points supporting your topic in the introduction. Introduce background information the reader should realize. Define your paper's key terms. A thesis statement is more effective at the end of the introduction.
Illustrate on paper a diagram of your ideas to show the term paper's shape of thoughts. Put together ideas that specifically represent the basis of the body of the paper. Build a diagram by writing your thesis statement in the paper's midsection. Draw three to five lines branching off the thesis statement. Write your main ideas at the end of those lines. Draw other lines off the main ones to signify your other thoughts and to visualize related information. Your diagram's main ideas depict a separate section of the paper's body.
Structure every paragraph in the body alike by writing one of your main ideas as the first sentence of the paragraph.
Arrange each important supportive idea in sentence format. Omit a few lines in between each primary point. Return later and fill in with related back-up to tie minor thoughts together. Individual body paragraphs should make sense if standing alone, but tied together with associated paragraphs.
Think about reasonable counterarguments to dispel in the term paper's body.
Check paragraph order. The most significant and persuasive points should be in the first and final paragraphs, with other supportive paragraphs in the body's midsection.
Insert phrases and words within body paragraphs to link ideas and emphasize sentence flow. Order of difficulty, order of significance and time order logically and basically shape thoughts. These thoughts let the reader easily follow your flow of ideas.
Go back to the introduction and look for a connection to link with the conclusion. Reiterate your term paper's main ideas and repeat the thesis statement in your paper's last paragraph. Reaffirm your topic's strengths and consider the last impression of your reader.
Prepare a works cited page that lists all the references you used for your paper's documentation and research. Be sure to follow the appropriate style assigned by your instructor.
Reread, edit and rewrite the final draft of your term paper. Revise 1 or 2 days later with a fresh outlook.