WorksheetsResearch Writing
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 19mins
What is the first stage of writing a research paper?
find citations
type up a rough draft
make a Works Cited
choose a subject
Why would you evaluate the sources you find?
checking credibility
checking relevance
to see if you know the author personally
Both A and B
Which of the following is NOT a purpose of research?
to make yourself look smart
to add to the existing body of knowledge about a topic
to investigate a topic outside your own knowledge
to teach you to think critically
(a) is using someone else's words or ideas without giving them credit.
A (a) source is using an original document or making a firsthand observation.
(a) sources are when you use research someone else has already done, such as using magazines, books, etc.
If you use your own words, you should use quotation marks when paraphrasing.
true
false
Key terms can remain the same when paraphrasing.
true
false
Original: Rugby football is the most popular sport in New Zealand. Most villages, towns, and districts have their own teams.
Paraphrase: Of all the sports played in New Zealand, rugby football is the most popular. Most areas even have their own teams.
Acceptable Paraphrase
Plagiarism
Original: Lionel Messi earns a whopping $39.6 million a year for playing striker for La Liga's Barcelona team.
Paraphrase: Lionel Messi earns over $39 million annually playing his position for La Liga's Barcelona team in Spain.
Acceptable Paraphrase
Plagiarism
Original: Seventy-five percent of university students prefer to live in student housing.
Paraphrase: Campus housing is not a preference for around a quarter of college students.
Acceptable Paraphrase
Plagiarism
What is the overall purpose of notetaking?
to torture teenagers
to understand the text and record the most important information
to make beautiful outlines to share with friends
to write own everything in case you forget it
Which of the following should your notes include?
key words and phrases
complete sentences
full paragraphs
exact punctuation
What is summarizing?
Restating in your own words only the key ideas of the original piece in a condensed form
Copying the ideas word for word and using quotation marks
Restating the content in your own words by replacing some of the words to avoid plagiarizing but maintaining most of the same meaning
Writing the first and last sentence of every paragraph
What word matches the definition:
a small part of something
main
subtopic
detail
outline
What word matches the definition:
arranged in a logical order
detail
organized
phrase
summary
What word matches the definition:
a restatement of what has been said
summary
outline
key word
note
What kind of note-taking method is this?
Cornell notes
outline
mind map
What is an example of a print source?
Websites
Informational book
Interview
Which of the following is a digital source?
Encyclopedias
Letters
Websites
Phone calls
to tell where you did the research and got the information from
infer
poetry
paraphrase
citation
What is the purpose of a bibliography in a research paper?
To introduce the research topic
To provide a detailed analysis of the topic
To list the sources used in the research
To summarize the research findings
