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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
A short statement, usually one sentence, that summarizes the main point or claim of a research paper
primary source
topic sentence
thesis
secondary source
A book, article, person, or other resource consulted for information.
paraphrase
MLA format
source
summary
MLA format and follows the author-page method of in-text citation.
paraphrase
primary source
Works Cited
parenthetical citation
Evaluation of scientific, academic, or professional work by others working in the same field.
plagiarism
paraphrase
peer reviewed
Purdue Owl
An alphabetical list, in MLA format, that gives the full bibliographic information for all the sources you have cited in your paper.
Works Cited
paraphrase
peer reviewed
Purdue Owl
Which type of research involves analyzing and interpreting data collected by someone else?
Primary sources
Secondary sources
Tertiary sources
Quaternary sources
Which type of research provides firsthand evidence or direct testimony?
Primary sources
Secondary sources
Tertiary sources
Quaternary sources
Which of the following is NOT something you need to consider when evaluating a source?
How it supports my thesis and ideas.
Which of these would NOT be considered an academic source?
You must put a citation (a)
Which is NOT an example of plagiarism?
Which IS an acceptable use of AI in writing a paper?
Using AI to collect existing papers and submit them as original work.
Using AI to generate data and results for the paper.
What is the benefit of writing an outline before starting a paper?
Organization of ideas
Increasing
Reduces workload
Makes it longer.
Which of the following sources DOES need a citation?
Which of these is NOT a valuable source to help you write your paper?
Peer Review
Citation Generator
Purdue OWL
Wikipedia
