a composition intended to indicate a student's progress during a school term 
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            a concisely written, documented paper of reasonable length in which a student identifies, analyzes, interprets, and draws conclusions from the facts and opinions of other people
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            a headache that teachers give students when they want to take revenge for the pranks students play during class
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                                                     
                        
                        
                            a research project involving comprehensive, intelligent, well-organized a
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            A written assignment requiring students to gather knowledge through documented research, from numerous sources, on a specific topic, and presented in an orderly fashion; length varies, but 5-10 typewritten pages is not unusual.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            A term paper is written assignment that asks students to apply ideas, theories, concepts, or principles learned or studied in class to a new situation.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            written assignment more than a few pages in length, usually requiring some research. Informally called merely “paper