Research Vocabulary

What is MLA format?

• the last page of the paper

• how to print your research paper

• My Left Armpit

• a style of writing and citing

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Plagiarism is_______________.

• anytime you research someone else's work

• taking someone else's work and passing it off as your own

• telling what someone else said

• The Black Plague

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A quote is when you _______________.

• enclose someone else's words in quotations word for word and correctly give them credit

• talk about something

• put quotations around words

• say, "To be, or not to be, that is the question"

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Paraphrasing is when you _______________.

• change the story completely

• parasail

• put everything someone said in quotes

• use your own words to retell information

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A source is _______________.

• where information comes from

• the beginning

• where you plug things in

• The Force, young Jedi

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A primary source is _______________.

• information created at the time that the topic happened that is being researched, first-hand

• elementary kids telling you something

• yellow, red, or blue source

• the first thing you research

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A secondary source is _______________.

• the second thing you research

• purple, green, or pink source

• a source that discusses information originally presented somewhere else - written later by someone that did not experience it first hand

• discusses information about second thoughts

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

To cite something is to _______________.

• put it in quotation marks

• quote as evidence giving credit to someone else

• give it a ticket

• yell out a name

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A Bibliography or Works Cited page is _______________.

• page at the end listing all references cited or used in the research paper

• a Bible worksheet

• a list of books you like to read

• all the work you've done

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

A good source online can be found at _______________.

• Wikihow

• Wikipedia

• Urban Dictionary

• Library databases (EBSCO, SweetSearch)

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D