Research Terms
Term for facts/statistics used to support an argument.
What is Evidence?
Preferred font type and size in MLA-style papers.
What is Times New Roman 12 pt.?
Preferred spacing of an MLA-style paper.
What is double-spaced?
Sentence in the introduction paragraph that makes a claim and tells the reader what will be in the paper.
What is a Thesis Statement?
Term for a complete quote from a source used in an MLA-style paper.
What is direct quote?
Sentences following facts/statistics that analyze and explain them.
What is Commentary?
Required margin size of MLA-style papers.
What is 1 inch?
The last page of every MLA-style paper that includes all of the sources used.
What is the Works Cited page?
Sentence at the beginning of each body paragraph that explains the sub-claim of that paragraph.
What is a Topic Sentence?
What is paraphrase?
Identified before beginning research to know where you should begin. The answer will be determined after your research is over.
Located in the upper-left corner of the first page of an MLA-style paper.
What is the heading?
Term used for source identification at the end of a sentence within an MLA-style paper.
What is parenthetical citation or in-text citation?
Information in the introduction paragraph about the history the audience needs to know to understand the argument.
What is Background or Context?
Term for the gist of a whole source written as a statement.
What is a summary?
Entered into the search engine when you are researching for broader results.
What is a keyword?
Also known as the title of the paper.
Header
Included between parentheses at the end of a sentence to identify the source.
What is the author's last name or title of the article?
Minimum required number of sentences of commentary per piece of evidence.
What is two?
Using another author's words or ideas without crediting them.
What is plagiarism?
Additional source page used in research to provide a brief summary of each source along with the citation.
What is an annotated bibliography?
What is author, teacher, course, date?
Correct format for the date in an MLA heading.
What is Day, Month Spelled Out, Year?
Paragraph that acknowledges and then rebutts the alternate opinion on a topic.
What is a counterargument?
Rhetorical appeal used when saying, "Extensive research on this topic reveals..."
What is ethos?