Boolean Operators
Thesis Statements
Topic Selection
Evaluating Sources
Citations
100
Melissa would like to search for museums with mummies. She should search museums ____ mummies.
What is and?
100
When writing an essay, the thesis statement appears here.
What is the introduction?
100
You should always select a topic that is ___ to you.
What is interesting?
100
To determine the timeliness of the information, it is important to look at this.
What is the date of publication?
100
When writing an essay for an English class, you should use this citation style.
What is MLA?
200
Melissa is finding too much information about King Tut when she searches for pharaohs in Egypt. She should search. Pharaohs ____ Egypt ____ King Tut
What is and, not?
200
The thesis statement usually appears here in the introduction.
What is at the end?
200
You should always do this before determining your thesis statement.
What is read/research?
200
To determine the author's credentials, it is important to look at this.
What is his/her background and other publications?
200
When organizing your Works Cited, how should it be organized?
What is alphabetically?
300
Melissa knows that King Tut is an abbreviated name. She can use this to search for Tut and other names.
What is *?
300
Your thesis statement should restate this.
What is your topic?
300
As you are doing initial research, you should do this.
What is take notes?
300
These types of websites are most reliable. Note, it does not mean that other websites are not reliable; they just have to be evaluated more.
What are .edu, .gov, and .org?
300
When writing an in-text citation, you need these in the parentheses.
What are the author and page number?
400
Melissa would like to group together her search terms for King and Tut. She should use these.
What are quotation marks or parentheses?
400
In addition to restating your topic, your thesis does this?
What is states an argument?
400
When narrowing a topic, it is important that it is this.
What is argumentative?
400
It is important to look at this to determine if the information will help your argument.
What is bias?
400
When citing an in-text citation of an article that does not have an author, you include this in the citation instead.
What is the title of the article?
500
Melissa would like to search for information about any of the following relating to ancient Egypt: mummification, pharaohs, pyramids, hieroglyphics, temples. She should search Ancient ____ Egypt ____ Mummification ____ Pharaohs ____ Pyramids ____ Hieroglyphics ____ Temples.
What is and, and, or, or, or, or.
500
Your thesis statement should have these to further explain your topic and outline the rest of your research.
What are examples?
500
When presenting your topic, it is important to include this in addition to your argument.
What is background research?
500
You should look for this to argue the other side of your thesis.
What is a counter argument?
500
When citing a book, article, or online source, you need these pieces of information
What are the title, author, publisher, page number, publication city, and year.
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