I have attached all the files provided by the instructor. Just need to follow the instruction and need to include all the items mentioned. Should be plagiarism-free.

For the They Say section of your research project, you should include a summary of the overall conversation—the main arguments made in your research area.  In this summary, you should mention all of the important, necessary information that a person who is unfamiliar with your topic would need. You should use summaries, paraphrases, and quotations from your sources to illustrate the different points-of-view that emerge from your research. 

Necessary Components

• You must include context that your reader needs to understand the topic. Since you are picking a recent topic of debate from the news, you will want to give your reader background about what has happened recently. Here are some questions to think about: Why is this topic in the news right now? Is congress or the president talking about doing something about this issue?

• You must represent at least 3 perspectives on your topic. This means that you'll probably have a pro, a con, and something in the middle (or a third perspective that might not fit precisely in the middle. Think of your topic as a tug-of-war rope and ask yourself what people pulling on each side of the rope are saying.

• You must have a source (quote, paraphrase, or summary) for each of your 3 sides. You will probably want to keep this brief, though. You don't want to go into too much detail in the They Say section. This section is only about a page (350 words) long, so you have to be succinct.

I recommend you divide your ideas into at least 2 paragraphs: the context and the perspectives. Later, when you put the entire research paper together, you will probably move the context to the introduction for the final research paper.

1. Context

   1. Summary of past events that have led to this issue.

   2. Summary of what is going on with this issue right now. 

2. Perspectives

   1. 1st viewpoint on the topic

   2. 2nd viewpoint on the topic

   3. 3rd viewpoint on the topic

• Your They Say section should be 300-400 words in length.  It should be typed, double-spaced, 1” margins, 12-point font. For a sample of MLA format, see the Purdue OWL Website.

• Be sure to include a Works Cited page that follows MLA format. See the Plagiarism and Documentation folders from Week 1 for more information about MLA format.

• You will submit your They Say section for peer review in Week 3. Use the feedback that you get from your classmates to improve your draft before turning it in.

Remember that plagiarism is using someone else’s words or ideas without giving credit and is a serious academic offense. It can range from:

• Turning in a paper any part of which you did not write.

• Cutting and pasting a paper together from various sources without attributing the sources correctly.

• Changing a few words but basically keeping most of the words and sentence structure of the original.

• Using the ideas of another without giving credit to the person who originally had the ideas.

• Using the exact words of the source without using quotation marks even if you give the name of the source.

A polished draft of your They Say paper will be due on Sunday, September 12th at 11:59pm

NOTE: This polished draft is not your final draft but should be pretty close to final. I will give you comments and feedback on each section throughout the semester so that you can improve those sections before putting them together in the final research paper.