Writing Summary, Research, and Theory/Comment papers?
I have to write a Summary, Research, and Theory/Comment paper over 3 different articles for my Social Problems (Sociology) class. I did not keep my Intro. to Sociology book, and I am not having any luck searching for how to do these papers. Does anyone have any advice?
I know the format, font size, etc… I am just not positive on how I am supposed to write each paper. Thanks!
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Which writing style are you using (MLA, APA)? The rules for the papers may vary a bit from one writing style to another.
@Seaofclouds is correct. Once you find out, then you can proceed. owl.english.purdue.edu is a good reference point. I use it all of the time. It’ll help you format. First, though I would suggest emailing the professor and finding out the style. Sea hit the nail on the head.
APA is the format…I may not have said my question correctly…I know what format, but as far as WHAT theory/comment paper is…etc…I am not sure what a theory comment paper is…The summary and research papers are pretty straight forward, but the theory/comment is kinda getting me…
It means you’re going to apply theory to a particular social problem, probably. For example, if you want to talk about any kind of discourse and how it operates into governing people and recreates power relations (like gender, race, disability), you can use a Foucaldian framework and his theory. If you want to talk about religion, you can talk about Weber and Durkheim. If you want to talk about class, you can use contemporary theorists on class or Marx. In your paper, you would state what framework you’re using and analyze your social problem in terms of that theoretical framework.
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