This site is a collection of handouts for Composition 102, created by George Brosi, an instructor at Eastern Kentucky University. These handouts are made available to students and faculty under the aegis of the English Department Web Site at Eastern Kentucky University.
© George Brosi, 1995

1. The Nature of Scholarly Inquiry
2. The Community of Scholars
3. Plagiarism: A Betrayal of the Scholarly Process
4. Proper Research Paper Documentation
5. The Quotation
6. The Paraphrase and the Summary
7. Sophisticated Documentation
8. The M.L.A. Style Paper
9. Commonly Recognized Research Paper Conventions
10. Rigor in Research Writing
11. The Research Question
12. The Research Paper Thesis
13. A Checklist for University Level Essays
14. The Argument Paper
15. An Intense Look At Argument
16. The Courtroom Analogy in Writing Argument Papers
17. Three Different Stages of Research
18. Written Sources of Information
19. Real People as Research Sources
20. The Spectrum of Opinion in a Research Paper
21. Sub-titles in Research Papers
22. A Research Paper Checklist
23. The Final Draft
24. The Lessons of Research Paper Writing
25. Oral Reports for Literature Classes
26. Appendix: The Strategies Book As a Resource for English 102
27. Works Cited