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Research Essay
Guidelines:
Research and analyze one well-known individual from society (dead or alive) who would make a good role model and positive mentor to today’s educated students:
ensure you understand and explain what a role model/mentor is in your essay and
consider 3-4 remarkable character traits along with actions that make this person influential and someone to look up to and aspire to emulate
individual must be researchable (famous/well-known/in media);
individual must be a person (not an animal or concept);
use formal language (3rd person); and
research and cite from at least 3 outside sources:
use in-text citation,
complete a works cited page,
MLA format must be used, and
sources must be reliable, valid, and varied (not all the same "type" of source)
For more information, please review the ENG 112 Research Essay document.