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Research Terminology

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions.
a)
Research 
b)
Primary source 
c)
Scholary Source 
d)
Research Question
2.
What is the rewording of something written or spoken by someone else that is included within the final research essay? This is included in the majority of the essay instead of quotations.
a)
Quotations
b)
Paraphrases 
c)
Citations 
d)
Parenthetical Citations
3.
This is a required page that will come directly after your final research essay. This page will list all sources used in the paper to provide proper credit. 
a)
MLA Citations 
b)
Works Cited 
c)
Citations 
d)
Parenthetical Citations 
4.
This a series of tests (on currency, authority, point-of-view/person, and reliability) to check a source's credibility. 
a)
Attention Getter 
b)
Authority 
c)
Source 
d)
CRAP Test 
5.
This type of source  provides direct or firsthand evidence about an event, object, person, or work of art
a)
Scholarly Source 
b)
Primary Source 
c)
Secondary Source 
d)
Popular Source 
6.
This step will occur prior to writing a draft of your research paper. This provides a general description or plan of your essay with basic concepts. but not much detail. 
a)
Synthesis 
b)
Research Question
c)
Outline
d)
Claim 
7.
When a source has been tested and it is accurate, recent, unbiased, and trustworthy. 
a)
Scholarly 
b)
Credible 
c)
Claim 
d)
Plagarism
8.
This is  a global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols. 
a)
Data Collection
b)
Database
c)
Resources 
d)
Internet 
9.
These appear following evidence within a research essay.  These are citations to original sources right after the evidence that typically includes the page number and author’s last name. 
a)
Parenethical Citations
b)
Citations
c)
Works Cited Page 
d)
MLA formatting
10.
This expresses how long ago something occurred, took place, or was published. The limit for research paper is five years.
a)
Reliability 
b)
Pathos 
c)
Authority 
d)
Currency 
11.
The first sentence(s) of a work that draws the audience’s attention. This appears within the introduction paragraph. 
a)
Introduction 
b)
Attention Getter 
c)
Claim 
d)
Evidence 
12.
This is a source that is written for academics and professionals, written by experts, uses reliable references, and peer-reviewed by experts. 
a)
Popular Sources 
b)
Secondary Sources 
c)
Scholarly Sources 
d)
Primary Sources 
13.
The last paragraph within a research paper that helps to conclude the ideas expressed throughout the paper and revisit the major claim. 
a)
Claim 
b)
Conclusion
c)
Introduction
d)
Thesis 
14.
 Taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own. This also occurs when one does not provide parenthetical citations or a Works Cited page at the end of their research paper. 
a)
Works Cited 
b)
Citations 
c)
Plagarism 
d)
MLA Citations 
15.
When a source is determined to have an individual as the writer who has extensive or specialized knowledge about a subject.
a)
Reliability 
b)
Authority 
c)
CRAP Test 
d)
Point of View 
16.
This appears within the body paragraphs of a research paper. These are considered anything that supports an idea, claim, or belief. 
a)
Claim 
b)
Evidence 
c)
Research Question 
d)
Research 
17.
This is a type of source that describes discusses, interprets, comments upon, analyzes, evaluates, summarizes, and processes primary sources.
a)
Popular Source 
b)
Secondary Source 
c)
Primary Source 
d)
Scholarly Source 
18.
This is a type of question that is created prior to the research process. This is created to help both guide and focus one's research. 
a)
Research 
b)
Argumentative 
c)
Claim 
d)
Research Question
19.
Students may only include 1-2 of these throughout their entire research paper. This is a group of words taken from a text or speech and repeated by someone other than the original author or speaker. 
a)
Reference 
b)
Logos 
c)
Citation
d)
Quote 
20.
This is a collection of information and various source types including academic journals, magazines, journals, references sources, etc. that is organized so that it can be easily accessed, managed and updated.
a)
Academic Journals 
b)
Database
c)
Audience 
d)
Introduction
21.
This is the first paragraph within a research paper. This includes an attention getter, background information, and a claim. 
a)
Research Question
b)
Introduction
c)
Claim
d)
Conclusion
22.
This is the reasoning behind an argument and the perspective used when relaying information on the topic. This is identified when considering if a source passes the CRAP test. 
a)
Reliability 
b)
Logos
c)
Point of View 
d)
Ethos 
23.
This source type is something written for the public, by a general writer, reviewed by simple editors, and contains little references.
a)
Scholarly Source 
b)
Popular Source 
c)
Primary Source 
d)
Source 
24.
This appears within the introduction of a paper. If a paper does not contain this, there is no paper. This shows the author’s point-of-view on what is being argued within the paper.
a)
Claim 
b)
Research Question 
c)
Logos 
d)
Ethos 
25.
This is genre of writing that requires the student to investigate a topic; collect, generate, and evaluate evidence; and establish a position on the topic in a concise manner.
a)
Data Collection
b)
Research 
c)
Argumentative 
d)
Informative 
26.
This can be utilized within a research paper to appeal to the emotion of the given audience. 
a)
Ethos 
b)
Pathos 
c)
Logos 
d)
Citations 
27.
The research paper requires a writer to combine elements of several sources into one argumentative essay.  This process is referred to as...
a)
Summarize 
b)
Evidence 
c)
Synthesis 
d)
Paraphrase
28.
This is an organization template that allows students to collect resources that will be used within the research paper. 
This is the process of gathering and measuring information in an organized fashion.
a)
Outline 
b)
Template
c)
Data Collection Grid 
d)
Database
29.
This list typically appears at the end of a scholarly source and provides detailed information explaining where the writer took the information provided in the article from. 
a)
References 
b)
Works Cited 
c)
Logos 
d)
Ethos 
30.
This refers to the quality of being trustworthy. 
a)
Authority 
b)
Reliability 
c)
Attention Getter
d)
Overall Quality 
31.
When writing on speaking one always needs to consider this which refers to the individuals that will read the research paper or hear the given presentation. 
a)
Claim 
b)
Audience 
c)
Logos 
d)
Ethos 
32.
When writing the analysis portion of the research TIQA paragraphs, one should avoid doing this when explaining the evidence used to support the major claim. 
a)
Paraphrasing 
b)
Summarizing 
c)
Explaining 
d)
Synthezing 
33.
This is a specific type of  citation that includes the author’s name(s), the date published, publisher, pages, title, etc.
a)
Works Cited 
b)
Parenthetical Citations 
c)
MLA Citation 
d)
Author 
34.
This can be presented in the form of facts, statisitics, figures, and other forms of data. 
a)
Ethos 
b)
Logos 
c)
Pathos 
d)
Claim
35.
This helps to express the credibility of a source and express the integrity or experience that a source has.
a)
Reliability 
b)
Source 
c)
Logos 
d)
Ethos