Research Vocabulary

anecdote

• A short account of an interesting event
• a cure for an illness
• spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar
• a style of writing

argument

• Mrs. Kroening always wins!
• listing sources
• Speaking or writing that expresses a position on a problem and supports it with reasons and evidence
• can prove or disprove something

claim

• A style of writing that is objective and specific
• To state or assert that something is true or correct
• Sources that are trustworthy
• to use the text exactly as it appears

cohesion

• a claim to offset another claim
• to make corrections to grammar
• to give a shortened version of a text
• Ideas, sentences, and paragraphs are linked together with transitions

conventions

• Spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar
• having a logical connection to a main idea
• A  list of works  referenced in the body of a paper
• An academic style guide by the Modern Language Association

counterclaim

• A short account of an interesting event
• A claim made to offset another claim
• sources that are trustworthy and reliable
• summarize in your own words

credible sources

• a shortened version of the text
• Alter something that is already written in order to make corrections, improve or update
• Sources that are trustworthy and reliable
• Set of standards for writing and layout of documents

edit

• to state in your own words
• Set of standards for writing and layout of documents
• Speaking or writing that expresses a position on a problem and supports it with reasons and evidence
• To make corrections to the grammar or style of a piece of writing

evidence

• Can prove or disprove something
• Speaking or writing that expresses a position on a problem and supports it with reasons and evidence
• The copying of ideas or writing of another's as one's own
• To put in your own words

form/structure

• An academic style guide by the Modern Language Association
• To state or assert that something is true or correct
• The organization or style of a writing
• To use of the text exactly as it appears