What is a "primary text?"
What are "logical appeals?"
What are "logical fallacies?"
- Primary Texts & Their Rhetorical Conventions An introduction to primary texts, definitions, and examples.
- Logic: Appeals & Fallacies Provides explanations of types of logical appeals and fallacies you will use when analyzing texts and writing your essay.
Research Project Guide
- Instructions on accessing online library resources and the best databases for finding articles and other resources for your project
- How to use the library online catalog to locate books and eBooks
- How to evaluate websites and articles on the open web
- All you need to know about MLA style
- How to use and cite images in your project
- Understanding copyright and why to cite
- Contact information for the CF Library Reference Desk
Start Here: Research Project Instructions and Examples
Below you will fhe following documents, which you may download and/or print.
- Instructions for your project
- A sample proposal
- A sample research paper
- Explanation of the annotated bibliography
- Research Project: A Primary Source & Its Secondary Sources Instructions, including definitions of a primary source and its supporting secondary sources.
- Sample Proposal An example of a student research proposal.
- Sample Research Paper An example of a student's final research paper.
- Annotated Bibliography How and why your annotated bibliography is an essential part of your research project.
Choose one of these six (6) argument types.
- Six Types of Arguments An easy to follow table defining the audience and purpose of six types of arguments.
"The Rhetoric of an Excellent Essay" (below) outlines the basic structure of a strong argumentative essay.
- "The Rhetoric of an Excellent Essay" This essay by Basil Chad Chisholm.lays out the structure of a strong argumentative essay based on classical Roman style.
Remember that you should develop a strong claim of fact, policy, or value.
- Claims-Fact Policy or Value Definitions and examples of rhetorical claims.
Presentations: Options for Presenting Your Research Project
The two documents below provide basic guidelines for creating a poster presentation and giving an oral presentation of your research. Read both articles below and choose the method you prefer for your presentation. You may download and/or print both documents.
How to Create a Research Poster and Examples of Posters
The first link below explains the basics of research posters. The second link contains many examples of research posters.
- How to Create a Research Poster: Poster Basics Poster basics from NYU Libraries' Research Guide.
- Poster Presentation Examples A curated collection of research posters by Patricia Natalie for Behance, a platform for sharing examples of projects created using Adobe software products."Please be mindful when using these as an inspiration as these posters need to remain original and unique to the authors and institutions."