Research Paper

A ______________ refers to  acquiring information for your report from a book, newspaper article, website, etc.

• Source

• Plagiarism

• MLA Style

• Table of Contents

The purpose of research is to...

• Give examples of different topics

• Explain different ideas

• Persuade the reader

• Gain information with the intention of teaching others about a specific topic

What is a citation?

• a written sentence

• where the info is from

• a quotation

• using someone else's work as your own

careful study of something in order to find out information about it

• cite

• research

• plagiarism

• search engine

Segments of a Research Paper

to use the words of someone else AND give them credit; quote

• website

• search engine

• cite

• source

If you are going to use the exact words from a source, you must cite it by: using quotes and saying where you got the information.

• True

• False

the book, website, video, etc. where you find information during research

• website

• search engine

• cite

• source

stealing someone's words or ideas and not giving them credit (citing them)

• website

• plagiarism

• cite

• source

What is the correct way to format the date in an MLA formatted document?

• 10/31/2016

• October 31, 2016

• 31 October 2016

• 31/10/2016