A research paper is a document in logical order that informs or influences an audience of a precise topic. There are many different types of papers that attain these standards. Informative papers include compare and contrast, analytical, descriptive, narrative, book reports, autobiographies, and biographies. Compare and contrast papers associate two or more subjects with each other as well as finding the differences between them. Analytical papers are investigations into an issue and can question the validity of the issues involved. Descriptive papers illustrate a topic and help with learning and comprehension of that topic. Narrative documents depict a story in which the authors words enlighten the reader on a certain subject matter. Book reports summarize an author’s literary creation so as to inform other readers of the material. Autobiographies and biographies discuss someone’s life. Influential research papers are not to inform an audience but persuad!
             e them and convert them to the author’s point of view by providing only helpful support for the author’s position and negative examples of the opposite opinion. A research paper involves many steps that should be followed to write a thoroughly descriptive well-written paper. These include the prewriting aspects, the actual writing of the paper, and the revisions.
             Prewriting is perhaps the most important aspect of the entire writing process. For a research paper, there are several steps involved in the process that do not include any actual writing. These include the choosing of a topic, deciding what aspects of the chosen topic that should be written about, ideas on how the paper should be organized, research and a well-structured outline. When choosing a topic, there are several things to consider. How long the paper should be, what type of paper that you are writing, the research aspect, and the guidelines needed for the paper should be ...