RESEARCH WRITING

A reliable source is...

• Biased
• Trusted
• Trying to sell you something
• Google

An example of a reliable source is...

• A print or an online encyclopedia.
• wikipedia.com.
• google.com.
• yahoo.com.

What is the problem with using the Internet for research?

• There isn't a problem with using the Internet for research.
• The information is not verified or edited.
• Teachers don't like it.
• Too much information.

In order for an author to be considered a credible, reliable source they must be....

• Very smart
• A good writer
• An expert on the subject matter
• A teacher

When paraphrasing, you do not want to use the same words as the original author.

• True
• False

If you don't understand a word and want to use different word, what resource do I use?

• Thesaurus
• Encyclopedia
• Easy Bib
• Google Classroom

What can you do to avoid plagiarism?

• Cite your source at the end of a sentence
• Reference and rephrase others work
• Use quotation marks
• All of the above

What is a citation?

• The exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, fild, or record work
• To present the words and ideas of someone else as your own, without giving credit
• A reference to an author of a given work that can include name, title, page number, and date.
• To re-work the ideas, words, phrases, and sentence structures of others and retell them in your own words

The author wrote, "Most female mammals have a mothering instinct." What is this an example of?

• Paraphrase
• Direct Quote
• Author Purpose
• All of the above

Sources created by people who witnesses or took part in the events they describe are?

• primary source
• database
• secondary source
• index