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MLA DOCUMENTATION FORM

An MLA Research-Paper Model

Troy Holland wrote the following research paper for his freshman composition

class. As you review his paper, read the side notes and examine the following:

The different types of sources used in the paper

The techniques used to state the thesis and organize the argument

The methods used to integrate information into the writer’s own thinking,

including how he cited his sources

Holland 1

The heading

(not needed

if a title page

Troy Holland

is used)

Professor Rylaarsdam

supplies

English 101H

identifying

details.

17 April 2002

UN Sanctions and the Suffering of Iraq’s People

The title

In 1991, the Middle East nation of Iraq, led by Saddam Hussein,

indicates the

attacked its neighbor Kuwait. To protect Kuwait, the United Nations

topic and

intervened against Iraq, a step that eventually led to the Persian Gulf War.

theme. The

opening

With the military help of the United States, Great Britain, France, and

introduces

other nations, the UN forced Iraq to withdraw from Kuwait in operation

the subject

and provides

Desert Storm. The United Nations Security Council also placed sanctions

background

on Iraq to enforce Iraq’s compliance with UN resolutions and to prevent

information.

Hussein from repeating his aggression.

More than ten years have passed since the UN implemented these

sanctions, the United States is engaged in a war on terrorism, and Saddam

Hussein still refuses to cooperate with the United Nations. As a result, the

Common

UN, spurred on by the United States, continues to enforce the sanctions.

knowledge

The problem is that these economic sanctions have caused tremendous

is not

documented.

suffering for average Iraqi people. Many of our elected leaders have argued

that because Saddam Hussein seriously threatens world peace, this

suffering cannot be avoided. But the decision that such suffering is

acceptable should not be made by politicians alone. In a democracy, all

citizens share responsibility for the policies that their elected leaders

make. In fact, a strong argument can be made that the suffering of Iraqi

The writer

men, women, and children is not a justifiable side effect of the sanctions

states his

thesis.

against Iraq.

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