an interesting title. (no, “Research Paper” isn’t interesting) • a thesis that tells your readers what your paper is about and the questions/topics you’ll be addressing. • engagement with at least 5 sources. These sources may be a healthy mix of primary, secondary, books, journal articles, websites, youtube videos, and other resources. Be sure that you can justify your use of each source. • attributive tags introducing your sources/authors and explaining their significance. • summaries, paraphrases, and direct quotation. • topic sentences, points, and particulars. • a conclusion that gestures towards a larger significance Precedent. When was this piece of technology invented? What were its predecessors? Its technological ancestors? How did it improve upon previous versions of itself? Does it predict future inventions
