Tipping in the Restaurant Business Informative Paper
- Word Count: 1700-2000 words (not including Works Cited), double spaced, typed, as per MLA format.
(Times New Roman 12pt font) This is roughly 5 to 7 pages. - Works Cited / Sources minimum 4; maximum 8. Yes, this doesn’t seem like a lot of sources, but it’s deliberate. The bulk of the essay should be your unique writing, thoughts, and analysis, and 8 sources will be more than enough.
You must include at least two library database sources and one book or e-book. You may also use: YouTube-videos, DVDs, newspapers, journals, magazines or any other credible source. - In Text – citations: minimum 6; maximum 12. These should include some quotations and some paraphrases. General rule of thumb: one quotation per page.
- No single source is to be cited more than twice in the paper.
Topic: Food
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Style: This is an informative paper. The basic idea is for you to give detailed background information about the topic of your choosing, discussing the facts only. Give historical context, discuss timelines, lay out specifics, provide all sides of a debate with some equal measure, and otherwise work to be as objective as humanly possible. You will write an argument paper later that is based on this paper