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Here are samples of writing a good term paper by Alton L. Raygor from University of Minnesota:

Most good term papers are built around questions. You can find subjects in any textbook. Simply take some part of the text that interest you and examine it carefully. Ask yourself the following things about it to see if you can locate a question to answer in your paper. Does it tell you all you might wish to learn about the subject? Are you sure it is accurate? Does the author make any assumptions that need examining? Can two of the more interesting sections in the text be shown to be interrelated in some useful way? Your term paper is an attempt to write a well-organized answer to whatever question you decide upon, using facts for the purpose of proving your contention. The most common error made by students in choosing a subject for a term paper is to choose one that is too general.

There are limitations in writing term papers. Tradition suggests that you limit your sources to those available on the campus and to those materials which are not more than 20 years old, unless the nature of the paper is such that you are examining older writings from a historical point of view.

Skim through your sources, locating the useful material, then make good notes of it, including quotes and information for footnotes. You do not want to have to go back to these sources again. Make these notes on separate cards for each author - identifying them by author.

Take care in note-taking; be accurate and honest. Be sure that you do not distort the author's meanings. Remember that you do not want to collect only those things that will support your thesis, ignoring other facts or opinions. The reader wants to know other sides of the question.

Do not hurry into writing. Think over again what your subject and purpose are, and what kind of material you have found. Review notes to find main sub-divisions of your subject. Sort the cards into natural groups then try to name each group.

You are now ready to write. Write the paper around the outline, being sure that you indicate in the first part of the paper what its purpose is. Follow the old formula: Tell the reader what you are going to say, tell the reader what you've said.

You are now ready to polish up the first draft. Try to read it as if it were cold and unfamiliar to you. It is a good idea to do this a day or two after having written the first draft. Check for proper spelling, phrasing and sentence construction. Be sure that pronouns clearly refer to nouns.