I need help on my research paper please?

I'm writing a 8 to 10 pages long research paper on the invention of telephone: how it was invented, how it was developed, etc... I don't know where to start. I don't know how to organize it, can someone kind of give me an outline or something like that. Thanks.

I need help on my research paper please?
For a research paper, first of all you need to do lot of reading ...as you are reading on the information ...keep jotting down the good line you find which you can use as quotations...(so keep in handy your sources too below the quotaion).


Then when you start to sit down and write your paper... make an outline... by now you have all the information at hand, so you will have rough idea what to include and which direction to go...like





history or background(year.....fued etc) about one and half page


the main theme(how he worked on and the years all info)


about 3-4 pages


the conclusion (upto one and half to two pages)





once you are clear on your outline separate the quotations to use in the appropriate sections..


Preferably,start with a quotaion.. ( I always did that and used to get very good grades as it is very impressive)





below is some info... you can use.,.. all the best :-)








The history of the invention of the telephone is a confusing claim and counterclaim, further worsened by the lawsuits which hoped to resolve the patent claims of individuals. It is important to note that there is no one "inventor of the telephone", though Alexander Graham Bell is often credited as such, and the Italian Antonio Meucci was recognized by US Congress on 11th June 2002 for his contributions to inventing a telephone. The modern telephone is the result of work done by many people, all worthy of recognition of their contributions to the field. Bell was the first to patent the telephone, an "apparatus for transmitting vocal or other sounds telegraphically", 16 years after Antonio Meucci, who did not have sufficient funds to file a patent, demonstrated his "teletrofono" in New York in 1860


According to a letter in the Peking Gazette, in 968, the Chinese inventor Kung-Foo-Whing invented a speech transmitting device, which probably transported the speech through pipes. Speaking tubes remained common and can still be found today.





The lover's telephone (or string telephone) has also been known for centuries, connecting two diaphragms with string or wire which transmits the sound from one to the other by vibrations along the string and not through electric current. The classic example is the tin can telephone, a children's toy made by connecting the bottoms of two paper cups, metal cans, or plastic tubes with string.





The source is listed below (1)


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Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray raced to invent the telephone.


In the 1870s, two inventors Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell both independently designed devices that could transmit speech electrically (the telephone). Both men rushed their respective designs to the patent office within hours of each other, Alexander Graham Bell patented his telephone first. Elisha Gray and Alexander Graham Bell entered into a famous legal battle over the invention of the telephone, which Bell won.





Alexander Graham Bell - Evolution of the Telegraph into the Telephone


The telegraph and telephone are both wire-based electrical systems, and Alexander Graham Bell's success with the telephone came as a direct result of his attempts to improve the telegraph.





http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinve...
Reply:First find out who invented the telephone. Then


do a google search on inventions/telephone. I would


write my paper in a time line. What happened first,


second and so on. Start your paper with your topic


sentence and then go from there.
Reply:I'm no expert on this but it sounded like you've already known what you're gonna write.





So why not start with how important or a great invention the phone is and then go into your thesis talking about how it was invented and how it was developed.





For example (just an example)





The telephone is the greatest invention. It enabled us to communicate with each other instantly and made our lives easier......(ok, sorry, it's just me babbling, I'm sure you can come up with better stuff)





The followings are explanations on how the phone is invented, how it was developed, and how it........





Then you go on talk about these points in detail and come up with a nice conclusion.





Well, this is just my idea. Sorry it's not the greatest idea. lol





Good luck on your paper.
Reply:Introduction





Small Biography of Alexander Grahm Bell





Why was it invented?





HOw it was developed.





Conclusion





Each one could be a paragraph... just a idea of an outline.
Reply:First, your instructor almost certainly has some process references -- ask. Next, you do an Internet search on "How do I write a research paper?" Here are some links to get you started.





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