Exercise 12: 

Instructions: 
1) Select an article the author of which supports the position you are taking for the Research Paper Project.  

2) Write a paragraph which develops one of the premises (reasons) supporting your position. Begin the paragraph with the following sentence frame as the topic sentence: "Another reason why ____________ is because _____________." 

3) Then, either alluding to, paraphrasing, or quoting from the article, reference information from the article in the development of your paragraph and the reason for your position. 

4) Make sure that you cite the author and source appropriately in the text of the paragraph. 

5) Correctly document parenthetically the source's page number appropriately in the paragraph. 

6) Below the paragraph, construct the full bibliographical entry for the source you have referenced in the paragraph following the appropriate format according to the MLA Style Sheet. 

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Should I revise only the sentences you have marked or the whole essay? 

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