General info compiling evidence, and evaluating sources In the simplest sense, a research paper is a paper that uses the writings of others, discovered independently through research, in order to advance its claims and that documents correctly the presence of the writings of others in the paper.
Prompt: Examine three well-known speeches of your choice. One speech in English, and the other two speeches in other languages. These are your primary sources. One must be from a language other than English, and one must be originally given in English. Citing at least two peer-reviewed sources, two other sources, and one secondary source in a language other than English, write a five-page essay, not including the references, (double-spaced, Time New Roman font with one-inch margins) describing a common rhetorical device, approach, or framework that the speeches all use and how this device, approach, or framework can be used in undergraduate writing to great effect. You can use sources that describe general writing and rhetoric, but your essay is focused on applying this commonality to undergraduate writing.