Academic Paper First Draft Submit Assignment Academic Help

Need help with my Political Science question – I’m studying for my class.

The purpose of this assignment is to have you create a first draft of your academic paper for your peers to review. Use the resources you identified, your brainstorming ideas, the APA formatting and citation information we looked at to create this draft. Your audience for this paper is the academic community, and so, your paper needs to written for that audience. Here is what your peers will be looking for in this paper:

• Did you effectively communicate and address all of the following items in your paper?
  • What is the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act?
  • What did it replace and why did it replace it?
  • What significant event helped to push its passage through Congress?
  • What is its impact on the public sector today?
• Does the paper follow APA formatting guidelines?
• Are the sections in your paper (e.g. Introduction, Literature Review, Conclusion) all clearly marked in the paper?
• Is there a logical flow of your ideas from beginning to end?
• Are there any sentence construction errors (e.g. comma splices, run-on sentences) or spelling errors
  • In other words, did you take the time to carefully review your paper for mistakes
  • Believe it or not this is heavily frowned upon in both the academic and professional sectors
• Are the references in the paper properly cited and properly listed in the references list following APA guidelines
  • Please make sure you “clearly” know how to cite resources in your paper

After you submit this paper, I will place you in online discussions groups of three to review and talk about your papers. Below if what you need to submit to me for your peer review.

What’s Due This Week

For this assignment, you will submit your academic paper draft by Sunday, February 2 at 11:59 p.m. This paper must be double spaced with one inch margins, use 12 point Times New Roman font, follow APA guidelines, and include the following components:

1. Page 1 – Cover Page
   1. Should include page headings with page number at the top
   2. Should include your paper title, your name, and University of Central Florida
   3. Do not put the date, my name, or the course number
2. Pages 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 – Body of Paper
   1. Introduction
      1. What is the purpose and subject of this paper?
      2. Why is this subject important to write about/read?
      3. What questions will you be addressing in this paper?
   2. Literature Review
      1. Defines and describes the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883
      2. Identifies the event that encouraged the passage of the Pendleton Act and explains how it influenced its passage
      3. Compares the “spoils system” v. “merit system”
      4. Analyzes the Acts current impact on government agencies
      5. Identifies and discusses the one additional question you selected on the Act
   3. Conclusion
3. Page 7 – Reference Page – should have at least 3 sources
   1. This page starts on a new page