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Book-Specific Resources / Student Writing / Researched Writing MLA-Style Research Essay: David Craig "Instant Messaging: The Language of Youth Literacy" This research essay by David Craig follows the MLA guidelines described in Chapters 52-54 of The Everyday Writer, Third Edition.  Download David Craig's Research Essay
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MLA-Style Research Essay: Shannan Palma "Hollywood and the Hero: Solving a Case of Mistaken Identity" In preparing this essay, Shannan Palma followed the MLA guidelines described in Chapters 52-54 of The Everyday Writer, Third Edition. She was required to prepare a title page. Had she not needed a separate title page, she would have followed MLA instructions for a heading at the top of the first page of her essay (see Melissa Schraeder's MLA-Style Literary Analysis below for an example of this). Download Shannan Palma's Research Essay
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APA-Style Research Essay: Merlla McLaughlin "Leadership Roles in a Small Group Project" This essay written by Merlla McLaughlin for a communications class is another example of effective writing in the social sciences. Merlla and a group of her peers had completed a substantial collaborative project on parking problems on campus. The group presented their research findings in class and then carried out one more assignment: to write individual reports, describing what they had learned about small-group dynamics as a result of their project. Although the essay below is not a formal social-science research report, it does conform to the APA style of documentation. Download Merlla McLaughlin's Research Essay
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APA-Style Research Essay: Leah Clendening "A Content Analysis of Letters to the Editor" This essay written by Leah Clendening follows the APA guidelines described in Chapter 56 of The Everyday Writer, Third Edition. Download Leah Clendening's Research Essay
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CSE-Style Research Paper: Tara Gupta Field Measurements of Photosynthesis and Transpiration Rates in Dwarf Snapdragon (Chaenorrhinum minus Lange): An Investigation of Water Stress Adaptations The following piece of student writing uses the CSE style (citation-sequence format) of documentation, which is commonly used in the sciences. This paper by Tara Gupta, a student at Colgate University, is a proposal for a summer research fellowship. Download Tara Gupta's Research Paper
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Chicago-Style Research Essay: Kelly Darr (excerpt) "Marbury v. Madison and the Origins of Judicial Review" This excerpt is taken from an essay written by Kelly Darr for an introductory history course on U.S. civilization to 1977. The assignment called on students to write an essay "of no more than six pages focusing on a controversial issue related to the First Amendment." Darr chose to review the 1803 Marbury v. Madison decision and to relate that decision to the growth of the Supreme Court's powers. Below are the first four paragraphs of her essay, excerpted, and her endnotes and bibliography, which follow Chicago style. Download Kelly Darr's Research Essay
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