Research Terminology Quiz

This vocabulary word is the list of the sources referred to in a scholarly work.

• References

• Database

• Bibliography

• Credentials

Your _______ is a statement of your paper's main point, main idea, or main message which will be addressed and defended in the body paragraphs and the conclusion of your paragraph.

Using and properly documenting textual evidence in a paper/project is called a ...

• Call Out

• Citation

• Name Drop

• Source

This type of formatting, commonly referred to by an acronym for Modern Language Association, is what we will use in our papers and helps avoid plagiarism.

• ABBA

• MAD

• APA

• MLA

We will conduct our research using internet __________ to find reliable sources and a range of material.

One of the first steps in our writing process is to ________ research, or gather information from various sources.

• Disregard

• Compile

• Avoid

• Organize

This term refers to the support from sources that backs up claims and points.

• Textual Evidence

• Research

• Cap

• Citations

You will make ___________, physical or digital, that are used to document and organize your source information.

This term refers to websites, journals, magazines, articles newspapers, videos, etc. that provide information on a topic.

• The Media

• Sources

• Bibliography

• Intergalactic Communications

Your __________ will be a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.

• Conclusion

• Thesis

• Hypothesis

• Best Guess