Research Paper GVPT 408 A261 Counterterrorism

Final Paper 

No Plagiarism

A++++ work

Subject: Pentagon Gang  –  a Filipino terrorist group that broke away from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in 2001 in orderto continue terrorism and kidnapping and extortion

 

The final paper must contain 10-12 full pages of content, double-spaced, with standard 1inch margins and 12-point standard font.  You must use APA or Chicago/Turabian style for citations.  All papers must use a minimum of five primary and five secondary sources.  You may use the sources assigned for this course, but you may not count them toward the minimum sources for your project.  At least two of your secondary sources must be academic journal articles.

 

Your paper should have a minimum of 10 sources, five primary and five secondary sources. (If you are unfamiliar with this distinction, check out the information here: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResearchW/resource.html.) Restrict your sources to newspaper articles from major national and international papers, published journals and magazine articles, academic sources, and websites from major organizations and government agencies. Course materials may be used as a reference, but it does not count toward the minimum number of sources. Encyclopedias and dictionaries are not appropriate sources for college level work. Online sources are fine, but they must be authoritative sources. Wikipedia, About.com, and other nonacademic websites are not acceptable sources. (Bear in mind that anyone can submit an article to Wikipedia.)

 

If you are unsure about how to determine whether an online source is a good one, the Online Writing Lab at Purdue University has an excellent resource guide: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_evalsource4.html. If you still have doubts as to whether a source is acceptable, send your instructor an e-mail.

 

Citations: All direct quotes from any source must be in quotation marks or indented and identified as a quotation in APA or Chicago/Turabian format. If you have questions about how to do this, consult the reference guides at UMUC’s Effective Writing Center. In addition, anytime you use information from a source, even if it is not a direct quote, you must include the source.

When you use quotations in your paper, you must cite the source, using the standard APA or Turabian format. The general rule of thumb for the ratio of original writing to quotes is at least four lines of analysis for any line that you quote. For the most part, you should paraphrase your sources, instead of quoting directly. Remember, as well, that you must cite your source for any sections that are paraphrased or from which you used specific information. Generally speaking, unless the paragraph consists solely of analysis or your own opinion, you should be citing a source (or sources) at the end of the paragraph.

 

If you are unfamiliar with the rules on when and how to cite, consult this website: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/.

 

Plagiarism: All work submitted must be original. Your instructor may submit all stages of this assignment to Turnitin, an online plagiarism analyzer. The database includes a variety of print sources and all online sources, as well as contributions from known “paper mills” and previously submitted papers from UMUC and other universities. Review the rules concerning plagiarism and academic integrity carefully. UMUC takes academic integrity very seriously. Plagiarism carries strict penalties, and any paper that is identified as plagiarized will receive a zero for that assignment. Serious cases of plagiarism may also result in formal charges. Do not wait until after you have submitted the paper to determine what constitutes plagiarism, because at that point it will be too late.

 

Final Paper Rubric

Criteria	A	B	C	D	F
Content and analysis (50%)	strong, analytical thesis	thesis clear, but more descriptive than analytical	thesis only descriptive	thesis unclear	no thesis
	original interpretation of material	interpretation not original, but clearly expressed	interpretation relies heavily on other works	no interpretation, just description	lack of interpretation and description
	demonstrates understanding of the model	demonstrates understanding of the model	errors in applying the model	lack of understanding of the model	lack of understanding of the model
	consistent and effective use of three or more primary sources and eight or more secondary sources	consistent and effective use of two primary sources and seven secondary sources	incorporation of one primary source and six secondary sources	incorporation of one primary source and five secondary sources	incorporation of no primary sources and four or fewer secondary sources
Structure and organization (15%)	organization contributes to effectiveness of argument	organization is mostly logical, but could use improvement	organization is confusing; it is difficult to follow the analysis and narrative	organization is poor; analysis and narrative are garbled	organization is nonexistent; analysis and narrative do not make any sense
Writing style (15%)	sentences are well-constructed	sentences are mostly well-constructed	sentences are often unclear	sentences are often unintelligible	writing is unacceptably substandard
	excellent word choice	generally appropriate word choice	word choice is often poor	word choice has obvious errors	word choice has severe errors
	sources are used correctly and integrated into the paper	sources are mostly used correctly and integrated into the paper	sources are mostly used correctly, but are not integrated effectively into the paper	incorrect use of sources; lack of integration of sources	sources used poorly or not at all
	transitions are clear and easy to follow	transitions are mostly clear and easy to follow	transitions are abrupt	lack of transitions	no transitions
Spelling, grammar, and punctuation (10%)	paper has 0–1 spelling, grammar, and/or punctuation errors	paper has 2–3 spelling, grammar, and/or punctuation errors	paper has 4–5 spelling, grammar, and/or punctuation errors	paper has 6–7 spelling, grammar, and/or punctuation errors	paper has eight or more spelling, grammar, and/or punctuation errors
Documentation (10%)	paper has no more than one error in citation (formatting or use)	paper has 2–3 errors in citation	paper has 4–5 errors in citation	paper has 6–7 errors in citation	paper has eight or more errors in citation