A term paper is a research paper written by students over an academic term or semester which accounts for a large amount of a grade and makes up much of the course. Term papers are generally intended to describe an event or concept or argue a point. A term paper is A written original work discussing a topic in detail, usually several typed pages in length and is often due at the end of a semester. There is much overlap between the terms \\\"research paper\\\" and \\\"term paper\\\". The phrase \\\"term paper\\\" was originally used to describe a paper (usually a research based paper) that was due at the end of the \\\"term\\\" - either a semester or quarter, depending on which unit of measure a school used. However, the term has fallen out of favor. Common usage has \\\"term paper\\\" and \\\"research paper\\\" as interchangeable, but this is not completely accurate. Not all buy a paper