Wonderfull Research in Indonesia

Papers should have a beginning, a middle, and an end.
Your introductory paragraph should grab the

reader's attention, state your main idea and how you will support it. The body of the paper should
expand on what you have stated in the introduction. Finally, the conclusion restates the paper's
thesis and should explain what you have learned, giving a wrap up of your main ideas.
1. The Title
The title should be specific and indicate the theme of the research and what ideas it addresses.
Use keywords that help explain your paper's topic to the reader. Try to
avoid abbreviations and jargon. Think about keywords that people would use to search for your
paper and include them in your title.
2. The Abstract
The abstract is used by readers to get a quick overview of your paper. Typically, they are about 200
words in length (120 words minimum to 250 words maximum). The abstract should introduce the
topic and thesis, and should provide a general statement about what you have found in your
research. The abstract allows you to mention each major aspect of you topic and helps readers
decide whether they want to read the rest of the paper. Because it is a summary of the entire
research paper, it is often written last.
3. The Introduction
The introduction should be designed to attract the reader's attention and explain the focus of the
research. You will introduce your overview of the topic, your main points of information, and why
this subject is important. You can introduce the current understanding and background information
about the topic. Toward the end of the introduction, you add your thesis statement, and explain how
you will provide information to support your research questions. This provides the purpose, focus,
and structure for the rest of the paper.
4. Thesis Statement
Most papers will have a thesis statement or main idea and supporting facts/ideas/arguments. State
your main idea (something of interest or something to be proven or argued for or against) as your
thesis statement, and then provide supporting facts and arguments. A thesis statement is a
declarative sentence that asserts the position a paper will be taking. It also points toward the paper's
development. This statement should be both specific and arguable. Generally, the thesis statement
will be placed at the end of the first paragraph of your paper. The remainder of your paper will
support this thesis.
Students often learn to write a thesis as a first step in the writing process, but often, after research, a
writers viewpoint may change. Therefore a thesis statement may be one of the final steps in writing.
5. The Literature Review

The purpose of the literature review is to describe past important research and how it specifically
relates to the research thesis. It should be a synthesis of the previous literature and the new idea
being researched. The review should examine the major theories related to the topic to date and
their contributors. It should include all relevant findings from credible sources, such as academic
books and peer-reviewed journal articles. You will want to:
 Explain how the literature helps the researcher understand the topic.
 Try to show connections and any disparities between the literature.
 Identify new ways to interpret prior research.
 Reveal any gaps that exist in the literature.
More about writing a literature review. . . from The Writing Center at UNC-Chapel Hill
More about summarizing. . . from the Center for Writing Studies at the University of Illinois-Urbana
Champaign
6. The Discussion
The purpose of the discussion is to interpret and describe what you have learned from your research.
Make the reader understand why your topic is important. The discussion should always demonstrate
what you have learned from your readings (and viewings) and how that learning has made the topic
evolve, especially from the short description of main points in the introduction.Explain any new
understanding or insights you have had after reading your articles and/or books. Paragraphs should
use transitioning sentences to develop how one paragraph idea leads to the next. The discussion will
always connect to the introduction, your thesis statement, and the literature you reviewed, but it
does not simply repeat or rearrange the introduction. You want to:
 Demonstrate critical thinking, not just reporting back facts that you gathered.
 If possible, tell how the topic has evolved over the past and give it's implications for the
future.
 Fully explain your main ideas with supporting information.
 Explain why your thesis is correct giving arguments to counter points.
7. The Conclusion
A concluding paragraph is a brief summary of your main ideas and restates the paper's main thesis,
giving the reader the sense that the stated goal of the paper has been accomplished. What have you
learned by doing this research that you didn't know before? What conclusions have you drawn? You
may also want to suggest further areas of study, improvement of research possibilities, etc. to
demonstrate your critical thinking regarding your research.

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Papers should have a beginning, a middle, and an end.

Your introductory paragraph should grab the

5. The Literature Review

 Identify new ways to interpret prior research.

 Reveal any gaps that exist in the literature.

 Fully explain your main ideas with supporting information.

 Explain why your thesis is correct giving arguments to counter points.

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