Research Unit Vocab

Intended to explain or describe something

• paraphrase

• informative (also known as expository)

• source

An account of someone's life written by someone else

• Biography

• Source

• Plagiarism

Tool used to decipher between credible ("good") & not credible ("bad") sources

• Direct Quote

• Biography

• CRAAP Model

Research conducted within articles, magazines, books, etc..that are used to find evidence.

• Source

• Annotation

• Commentary (CM)

  [E of ACE]

Note of explanation or comment typically written down in the margins of the text

• Annotation

• Paraphrase

• MLA Format

Cheating or using information without giving the original owner credit

• MLA Works Cited

• Plagiarism

• Source

Evidence/concrete detail pulled from the txt that is presented word for word; placed inside quotation marks

• Commentary (CM)

  [E of ACE]

• CRAAP Model

• Direct quote

Putting an author's words into your own words...Restating the information using words that you and your peers can understand.

• Paraphrase

• Direct Quote

• Annotation

Key-word from the works cited page that connects the evidence used to the source it came from; gives credit to the owner/source; first word of the cited source

• thesis statement

• in-text citation

• source

Standard in preparing an essay; 12pt font. Times New Roman, header, heading, five or more paragraphs.

• MLA Format

• APA Format

• CRAAP Method