THE

TERM PAPER
PROCESS

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Be prepared for
long research
hours

Research is a must for writing a

term paper. Some students make
a mistake by starting to write right
away. Although it seems that
there is no progress as not a single
word is being written, research
would make your writing phase
much faster and fluent.
Create an outline
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first
Creating an outline prior to
writing gives you a sense of
control. You can how much time
it would take to complete the
whole piece and which part

Come up with a
3 would take more time. At the
same time, you would render a
compelling smoother reading experience,
introduction
and everything would be in
some kind of chronological
If you have an impelling order.
introduction, the reader will get
more interested in reading
through and eventually favor Avoid fluff words
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you and your grades. If you lose
Fluff words are attention killers.
the grip in the introduction, no
Especially, when you are writing
matter how good your content
formal academic writing, the
is, your reader will give it
reader would seek constructive
average feedback.
information all along the
writing. You don't need to

Conclude with the

5 unnecessarily blabber about
anything as long as you are
talking about something
ROCC method
relevant.
The conclusion is just as much
important as the introduction. A
great way of writing an 6
Select a citation
impactful conclusion is
following the ROCC method. style

ROCC stands for Restating your Proper formatting or following a

standpoint, having One vital
and strong gist, Concluding
tone, and leaving a Clincher for
a reader to think about.
citation style is a must while
writing a research paper or a
term paper. Following the MLA
or the APA format is a wise
decision. However, make sure

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you are sticking to either MLA
or APA, a mix between these
Make sure to
two looks really shabby.
proofread

Yes, you have worked really

hard writing up the whole term
paper, and you aren't not
feeling like proofreading the
whole paper. Although it
sounds really painful to
proofread, you might correct A
LOT OF misspellings and simple
grammatical mistakes. You
don't want your grades gone to
ashtray just because you feel
lazy, do you?