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A research paper is a 5 or more page long essay. The essay revolves around 1 topic, providing the reader with lots of information.


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    Gather your info. Make sure YOU know about the topic. For example, if you were doing a research paper on "Illegal Immigration", then you would gather statistics and interviews from famous people.
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    Once you have gathered ENOUGH information, you have to interview someone. Interview someone who is related to the topic. Avoid interviews with family members. So for a topic, you would interview an immigration attorney or someone who works in a consulate or a law applicant.
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    Expand your information. Expand the information, and get each paragraph peer edited at least 4 times, and once more by the teacher.


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