Welcome to the near finish line of the semester. You will be writing a research essay using all the
skill-sets that you have been working on throughout this course: Summarizing, paraphrasing,
evaluating arguments, thesis statements, transitions, locating and incorporating secondary
sources, crafting introductions and conclusions, explaining evidence, database research, research
questions, and evaluating academic research sources. You will be crafting a research question
that uses three academic journal articles and three popular publications to survey current