Research Writing

What is a citation?

• The exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, fild, or record work

• To present the words and ideas of someone else as your own, without giving credit

• A reference to an author of a given work that can include name, title, page number, and date.

• To re-work the ideas, words, phrases, and sentence structures of others and retell them in your own words

information provided by a person not directly involved/not present when the event occurred

• secondary source

• primary source

• credible source

• indirect quote

How are entries organized on a bibliography works cited page?

• Alphabetically

• In the order they appear in the paper.

• By length

• Randomly

Which essay uses research to defend one side of an argument?

• DBQ

• Literary Analysis

• Narrative

• Persuasive

Why do you need a bibliography/works cited at the end of your research project?

• So I don't plagiarize.

• Because my teacher says so.

• To share my information.

• To be correct. 

What is the problem with using the Internet for research?

• There isn't a problem with using the Internet for research.

• The information is not verified or edited.

• Teachers don't like it.

• Too much information.

In order for an author to be considered a credible, reliable source they must be....

• Very smart

• A good writer

• An expert on the subject matter

• A teacher

When paraphrasing, you do not want to use the same words as the original author.

• True

• False

Sources created by people not directly involved in the events they describe are ?

• plagiarism

• database

• primary source

• secondary source

letters, diaries, autobiographies, eyewitness accounts

• examples of third person point-of-view

• contains only indirect quotes

• examples of secondary sources

• examples of primary sources