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Running head: SHORTENED TITLE UP TO 50 CHARACTERS
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Full Title: This is Your Full Paper Title of up to 12 Words on One to Two Lines
Sample A. Student
Excelsior University
LA498: Liberal Arts Capstone
Instructor’s Name
Date
Abstract
Your abstract should be one paragraph of approximately 250 words on a separate page before the start of your paper. It should be a short overview of your paper, including what your paper covers and argues. It should not be the same wording as your introduction paragraph. It should not use “I” or “my” statements.
Full Title: This is Your Full Paper Title of up to 12 Words on One to Two Lines
Your introduction should begin on a new page and begin with a “hook” to engage the reader like a statistic, anecdote, or important piece of information about your problem. Your introduction should not be the same wording as your abstract. Use academic writing that avoids “I” and “my” statements. Your thesis statement should be a proposed solution to your global problem and should be the last sentence of your introduction paragraph. For example: Lack of access to clean water results in hygiene and health issues that may result in the next global pandemic, so X, Y, and Z actions must be taken to mitigate the risk of spreading disease.
Literature Review
Subheading Example
You should begin your Literature Review with a heading and a clear transition statement. Your Literature Review is a shorter, edited, and improved version of what you submitted in Module 4, at about 5-6 pages. You can choose to organize your discussion of your sources chronologically, by theme or argument, or by methods used. Any information from your sources, whether in quotes or paraphrased, must include an in-text citation (Author, date). All direct quotes should also be introduced first and explained afterward. For example: As Jones (2020) argues, “sample quote looks like this” (p. 3). You should limit quotes to no more than 20% of your literature review. If you use a quote of more than 4 typed lines, if must be indented as a block quote like this. As Jones (2020) argued:
This is a sample block quote of more than 4 lines, it should be indented all the way through. You should use block quotes sparingly, only when the information cannot be better summarized or paraphrased in your own words. It is crucial to make sure you do not just drop block quotes in your paper to take up space. All block quotes should be followed by explanation and analysis. (p. 5)
Each body paragraph in this section must have a transition sentence from the one before it. If you choose, you may use subheadings to differentiate the categories of your literature.
Subheading Example 2
Using subheadings can help you better break up the categories of your literature in this section for your reader to follow.
Proposed Solution
After your literature review you will include a proposed solutions section of your paper. This section should be between 5-7 pages and should support your thesis statement in your introduction paragraph. Begin with a strong transition into this section from your literature review, making it clear how the proposed solution relates to the existing literature. Your proposed solution must integrate how cultural diversity impacts your topic and must include at least one ethical perspective. Just as above, you should use evidence from your sources to support your argument and use in-text citations whenever needed to give proper attribution to the information.
Sample Subheading: Ethical Implications
You can also use subheadings in this proposed solutions section to break up your argument into separate components or ideas. These help a reader follow the flow of your paper and better help you organize your thoughts. But remember that a subheading should not a substitute for using transition sentences!
Conclusion
Your paper should end with a short (150-250 word) conclusion paragraph that restates your thesis statement argument on the proposed solution. You can also summarize the significance of your global problem and point to the future and what could change. Conclusions should not introduce new ideas, but rather wraps up what you have already said so the reader has a clear understanding of your problem and argument.
References
Last Name, Initials. (Year). Article title with lower case for non-proper nouns after first word: First word after colon capitalized. Journal Name in Italics, Volume(Issue), Page range. DOI or URL