Final research paper

 
Now that you have conceptualized your papers, developed a clear argument outline for your paper, conducted research on your topic and provided your annotated bibliographies, now it is time to create your final papers. 
Overall Comments:
You must do the “thinking through” of the paper before you simply start writing your final paper: 

It was clear that many of you still struggle with the difference between presenting information and creating an argument that uses literature to substantiate the argument that YOU are making.
Just because you are doing a literature review does not mean that presenting literature is sufficient. Many of students’ literature reviews read like expanded annotated bibliographies and there was no clear direction or argument embedded in the review.
Please make sure that your final papers are properly edited for clarity, syntax, flow and transitions.
Speaking of transitions, many of students fail to provide the reader with sufficient transitional statements between paragraphs and sections of the paper. In many of students’ papers, it was unclear the rationale for the order of the paper and how and why it was organized in a particular way. Remember the structure and form of the paper helps with building the argument for your paper and helping the reader “follow” your logic and intention throughout the paper.
It was also clear that many of students felt like just “giving literature” is sufficient to substantiating a claim or making an argument. It is not. You must have a reason and rationale for EVERYTHING that you put in your work and this reason must be clear to you and the reader.

This assignment must be YOUR OWN WORK!  This is an individual assignment. Plagiarism detected in your work will result in a grade of zero for the entire paper. 

Feedback on my midterm paper

 
I have the following comments for you:
Your annotated bibliography lacks your critique, and criticality!! Where is your voice?! You needed to at least describe why the selected article is useful for your research topic!!
 Because of the low quality of summaries Included (i.e. it lacks your clear and concise critique), it does not spark readers interest in the topic. 
While reading your annotated bibliography, I was thinking about the next step which is how would you synthesize these papers in your final paper, what would be the main themes?!!