must contain at least 5 scholarly source STRUCTURE : 1 intro to present your argument (answer to the question) and explain how the paper will be structured – several sections to develop important ideas – 1 conclusion to briefly summarize the essay and conclude your thinking process IDEAS – Every piece of knowledge that you borrow from another source must be cited in footnotes How to create a footnote: in Word, click on “references”, then “insert footnote” and then mention your source: author, title of article/book, name of journal/newspaper if any, date, number of the page(s) where you found the information); format: font 10, no interline