Research report rough draft
your draft should be 500–750 words long. synthesize the information from your sources, but make sure that your voice as the writer of the paper can be heard.
make sure you have
• written a strong thesis statement.
• written body paragraphs with topic sentences and supporting details.
• included only information relevant to your topic.
• summarized and paraphrased information from your research.
• clearly identified quotations by naming the source and punctuating correctly.
• written a conclusion that restates the thesis and sums up your main ideas.
• used a variety of sentence structures.
• included a list of sources.
review the rubric to ensure you are submitting your best work.

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Jargon is a specialized vocabulary of a particular group trade or profession

Read the excerpt from "home front diary." jimmy simmons stopped by today to tell me that he had enlisted in the army. he asked me if i would write to him, and i said i would. i told him that i've been writing to my uncle arthur and susan's cousin john for about a year, and as an experienced correspondent i had some advice about all the censorship. "don't write down any information about your location or the number of soldiers in your unit because the censors will cut all of that away," i said. "in my experience, loose lips not only sink ships, they make letters look like snowflake decorations! ” well, he belly laughed over that one. how is the author's perspective different from jimmy's? the author has been to war and she can give jimmy advice. jimmy has become a soldier and does not believe the author’s advice. the author has experience writing to soldiers but jimmy does not. jimmy has more experience at letter writing than the author.

What example from the monkeys paw is conflict