“Love” (or “love is impossible without pain”).
You can research about Karen Horney “The distrust between the sexes” and any research from book or online. RESEARCH ESSAY OVERVIEW The research paper involves researching a topic that you develop out of your understanding of the thematically organized readings in the text. The themes include government, the individual, ethics and morality, nature, the mind, etc. Your topic and thesis should relate to one or more of the articles in one of these categories and be current and relevant but also original. You must defend your position by supporting it with research. There are many steps to the process, and writing the paper is the last step. We will discuss the following: o Whatismeantby“researchpaper”? o Choosingatopic o Anoverviewofargumentandpersuasion(Classical,Rogerian, Toulmin methods) o Logic(deduction,induction,fallacies) o Developingresearchquestions o Usingsources(libraryanddatabases,documentation,MLA format, works cited) PROSPECTUS: A brief proposal that states your working thesis and outlines the steps you will take in the research process. Answer the questions included in this packet. Finally, you will write a page paper that meets the guidelines below: o Defendyourposition,keepinginmindthethreeelementsofclassical persuasion we’ve discussed in class: your credibility with the audience, the logic of your argument, and the emotional power of your words. o Supportthepositionyoutakewithoneormoreoftheapproachesfrom the textbook and evidence from your independent research. The articles you reference should be credible and objective (based on facts, not feelings or beliefs). You need a minimum of six sources (max. one website) that relate to your topic. o Remembertoorganizeyourideascoherently,usinglogicaltransitions and one of the organizing principles we’ve discussed. o Don’t forget to engage the opposing point of view at some point in your essay— a counter-argument (rebuttal) that addresses differing opinions. o TogetcredityoumustdocumentyoursourcesusingMLAformatand include a “Works Cited” page (see the MLA Handbook and the policy for submitting papers in the syllabus). o For hard copies, you must also attach highlighted or underlined copies of your sources to your essay before you turn it in.