Using Research

Research should?

• Dominate your paper

• Be woven throughout your paper

• Say what you say

What must always be cited in your paper?

• Common knowledge

• My own personal ideas

• Everything I put in my paper

• Information I got from a source and quoted, summarized or paraphrased

Your in-text citations much correspond exactly with what?

• The source you used

• Your bibliography page

• Your works cited page

• Nothing

What is the first step of the research process?

• collecting your resources

• selecting really good study music

• Pre-Research

• Finding Boolean Connectors

Once you've found an article that supports your research question, how should you find more articles?

• Begin the search all over again

• Go to Google and see what comes up when you type in the same key words

• See "More Like This" underneath your article or on the side

What is the primary purpose of using research in an English paper?

• To fill up space

• To support your arguments

• To confuse the reader

• To show off your vocabulary

Which of the following is a correct way to integrate research into your writing?

• Copying and pasting large sections

• Summarizing and paraphrasing

• Ignoring it completely

• Using it only in the introduction

What is a common mistake when using research in writing?

• Citing all sources

• Over-relying on one source

• Using multiple sources

• Paraphrasing information

Why is it important to cite sources in your research paper?

• To avoid plagiarism

• To make the paper longer

• To confuse the reader

• To show off your knowledge

What is the role of a thesis statement in a research paper?

• To summarize the entire paper

• To state the main argument

• To list all sources used

• To provide background information