Research Unit Vocabulary Assessment

Citations to original sources that appear in the text of a paper.

• Works Cited Page

• source

• source card

• parenthetical citations

The activity of getting information about a subject.

• research

• summarize

• paraphrase

• source

A platform that allows users to search for materials.

• keyword

• search engine

• source card

• index

Information provided that supports the topic sentence or thesis.

• research

• paraphrase

• supporting details

• secondary source

A statement for a composition or essay which includes a claim and reasons.

• thesis statement

• index

• keyword

• search engine

An alphabetical listing of topics and the pages on which information about them can be found in the back of a book.

• source

• index

• periodical

• source card

An alphabetized list of sources, which appears at the end of your research paper.

• index

• Works Cited page

• parenthetical citation

• keyword

To study something closely and carefully.

• analyze

• cite

• paraphrase

• summarize

To provide a reference to a source.

• analyze

• cite

• paraphrase

• summarize

Something which shows that something else exists or is true.

• analysis

• citation

• evidence

• summary