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TERM PAPER Format Schedule Grading Criteria • Accuracy and Proper Use of Citations (20%) • Evidence of Effort (20%) • Cogency of Thought (20%) • Insight (20%) • Originality (20%) Reference	A GUIDE FOR WRITING TERM PAPERS: RESEARCH SCHEDULE Graybosch, Anthony, Gregory Scott and Stephen Garrison . The Philosophy Student Writer's Manual , N.J.: Prentice Hall, 2003. 78-79. A BRIEG GUIDE TO WRITING PHILOSOPHY PAPERS THE NUTS AND BOLTS OF COLLEGE WRITING APA STYLE MLA DOCUMENTATION DIRECTORY TUTORIAL MLA OFFICIAL WEB SITE DICTIONARY Vocabulary Mail is a free daily email broadcast of one to three words, their definitions, and explanations and examples of how to use them effectively in your speech and writing. Word of the day list Wordspy.com This Web site and its associated mailing list are devoted to recently coined words and phrases, old words that are being used in new ways, and existing words that have enjoyed a recent renaissance. These aren't "stunt words" or "sniglets," but new words and phrases that have appeared in newspapers, magazines, books, press releases, and Web sites. eLibrary - Search thousands of newspapers and magazines http://www.jewishnews.com/ Translate text instantly A code breaking game: CryptoGram Grammar, Usage & Style Word History
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	Possible Subjects for the Term Paper 1. Slanted truth in ethical debates about paternalistic laws 2. Famous Russell's and Zeno's paradoxes 3. Fallacious arguments by analogy in the history of religion 4. Conflict of evidence in famous court cases 5. Successful strategies for winning computer games 6. Inductive reasoning in popular science theories 7. Persuasive power of Biblical analogies in secular arguments 8. Search methods for definitions on the Internet 9. Definitions for search engines: selection of key words, meta tags and descriptions 10.Effective office filing systems and their methods of information categorization 11. Code breaking techniques: from the history of cryptography 12.Charged language as a persuasive tool in parent/child arguments 13.Famous medieval scientific fallacies 14.Visual methods of slanting evidence in financial reports