Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Reverse Outline of Research Paper

Introduction
o   Thesis
§  The presence of gun-free zones or areas with restrictive firearms laws foster an environment in which troubled individuals can operate without the threat of retaliation or resistance.
o   Need to make minor punctuation and grammatical corrections
·         Paragraph 1 - Bill of Rights
o   2nd Amendment, Constitutional basis for argument
o   Punctuation and formatting issues with MLA, and paragraph indention.
o   Reinforce the rest of the Bill of Rights to support argument
o   Correct quotations, “shall not be infringed”
·         Paragraph 2 - History of Violence, Swiss/UK/US
o   Clarify the examples and lay them out appropriately
§  Swiss
§  UK
§  US
o   Punctuation, firearms per capita numbers
·         Paragraph 3 – United Kingdom
o   Clarify argument
o   Word usage
o   Explain numbers and how they apply
·         Paragraph 4 – FBI Stats
o   Punctuation, verb tense.
o   MLA citing
o   Clarify point of data
·         Paragraph 5 – Violence and Gun owners
o   Work on word choice and better flowing sentences
o   Move from coincidence to direct support
·         Conclusion – Laws of Man
o   Work on punctuation, word choice, and tense
o   Reword conclusion F.P. to better complete the paper
·         Works Cited

o   Refine and ensure in proper MLA format

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