Research Vocabulary

a sentence that states the focus of a single paragraph

• opinion

• topic sentence

• research

• author's purpose

the main idea or focus of an essay

• topic sentence

• direct quote

• plagiarism

• thesis statement

brief restatement of the most important points of the passage

• topic sentence

• direct quote

• summary

• research

group of words copied from the text

• direct quote

• summary

• paraphrase

• topic sentence

rewording of something written by someone else

• direct quote

• plagiarism

• credible source

• paraphrase

copying or using someone else's words without citing your source

• plagiarism

• paraphase

• thesis statement

• research

information to support your claim or opinion

• topic sentence

• plagiarism

• cite evidence

• author's purpose

the reason the author wrote the passage (persuade, inform, or entertain)

• topic sentence

• research

• thesis statement

• author's purpose

text that is free from bias and contains factual evidence

• credible source

• research

• direct qoute

• summary

careful study and investigation for the purpose of discovering and explaining new knowledge

• plagiarism

• research

• topic sentence

• paraphrase