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First university paper in philosophy. A comparative essay on Nietzsche and Foucault. Any advice?

Hello! First year university student here. I have a paper due next week in my modern-postmodern philosophy class. I really enjoy the class, and it's preoccupied my mind way more than anything else I've learned in school so far.

But, I'm at a loss for my final! More or less I just don't know what a typical philosophy paper should contain.

Any advice? I'm thinking of comparing Nietzsche and Foucault on either "truth" or "language". But any points that anyone can suggest would be greatly appreciated.

edit - thanks for all the advice so far! Really helpful. I will definitely try to narrow down my argument.
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The most important thing you need to do in any paper--but especially philosophy papers--is make an argument. Papers without arguments are purely informational and, unless that is the point of the project, insanely boring to read. 

Your argument doesn't have to be complex, revolutionary, or brilliant. Your argument has to be well argued, and it ought to be interesting. You want to compare Nietzsche and Foucault on "Language"? Do you want to say Nietzsche influenced or didn't influence Foucault? Or that one of them got it right and the other got it wrong? Something more nuanced than that? 

Since this is your first paper, don't be ambitious, precocious, or arrogant. Be smart and have something to say.