Research Vocabulary Group #3

Sentence that contains the topic and controlling idea of a paper. It summarizes the main point or claim of the research paper. It is usually 1 sentence and is found at the end of the Introduction.

• Introduction

• Thesis Statement

• Conclusion

The point of the paragraph –the most important thing about the topic. Usually found in the topic sentence, which is the first sentence of a paragraph.

• Reliable Source

• Evidence

• Main Idea

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

Facts, statements, and examples which guide the reader to a full understanding of the main idea. They clarify, describe, expand and illustrate the main idea.

• Reliable Source

• Supporting Details

• Quote

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Writers who write thorough, well-reasoned theory, argument, discussion, etc. based on strong evidence.

• Reliable Source

• Evidence

• Conclusion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Facts or information that is proof whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.

• Paraphrase

• Body

• Evidence

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

A group of words from a text or speech that lets the reader know who the original author or speaker is.

• Quote

• In-Text citation

• Thesis Statement

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Saying something in different words to keep the same idea but to reword something written or spoken by someone else.

• Works Cited Page

• Evidence

• Paraphrase

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

1^st paragraph of an essay or paper which attracts the reader’s attention and gives them the main idea of the paper and tells why the topic is important.

• Thesis Statement

• Introduction

• Body

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

Contains a topic sentence with the main idea, supporting sentences that discuss the idea or ideas in the topic sentence and uses examples or evidence to support the discussion and ends with a concluding sentence that emphasizes the importance of the supporting sentences.

• Body

• Main Idea

• Conclusion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6

The last paragraph in an academic paper that summarizes the essay, restates the thesis and/or gives an overall solution or recommendation to the issue discussed in the paper.

• Body

• Introduction

• Conclusion

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6