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HCM 301
Introduction to Health Care Management Research
Assignment # 3
This is your third assignment based on The Little, Brown Compact Handbook (6 th
ed.). It is
intended to assist you in your writing. This assignment is not a comprehensive review of the
rules of writing. (*Check syllabus for specific Due Date)
Using The Little, Brown Compact Handbook (6th ed.) as your source, answer each of the
following questions. For clarification, please list the page number(s) where you located each of
your answers.
1. What are the three (3) functions of a thesis statement?
2. Most essays or research papers share a basic pattern (sections of a paper). What are they?
3. What is the purpose of each section of the paper?
4. “A formal outline not only lays out main ideas and their support but also (complete the sentence) .”
5. What are the five techniques that can help you start drafting your paper?
6. What are three ways one can maintain their momentum when writing a paper?
7. What are the “checklist steps” for revising your paper?
8. What is a paragraph?
9. What does an effective paragraph do?
10. What does “When a paragraph is coherent” mean?
11. What is a transitional expression?
