Pre-Research & Source Evaluation
Steps taken to better understand a research paper prompt
What are: 1) Define major words or phrases. 2) Activate your personal schema. 3) Conduct pre-research.
Four pieces of information found on a standard notecard or note page
What are: a note title, an article or book title, a quotation or paraphrase from the source, and personal thoughts.
Two modes of arrangement to use sparingly and how they are used
What are the narration mode, which tells a story, and the description mode, which is imagery, appealing to the five senses
When to use citations
What are to paraphrase information, directly quote someone else's words, or summarize
Common knowledge
What is information that the average, educated person would accept as reliable without having to look it up
Three things to annotate
What are studies, statistics, and expert opinion
A primary source definition and four examples of primary sources
What is a source written or created by people who lived at the time. They can include artifacts, art, documents, diaries, newspaper articles, autobiographies, recordings, or letters.
A buried thesis and its use
What is one that is not presented until the end of the research paper. It is used when you don't want to give away or position or when your audience might be offended by your position.
Two factors to consider when paraphrasing
What are the original syntax and vocabulary
A claim versus a fact
What is a claim is a statement that must be proven and can be argued while a fact is something that is known to be true
The goals of pre-research
What is to become acquainted with your subject, narrow your focus, and formulate productive search phrases
A Boolean search
What is a type of search allowing users to combine keywords with operators such as AND, NOT and OR to further produce more relevant results
Two ways the compare and contrast mode can be presented
What are point by point where you alternate back and forth between what you are comparing for each topic or subject by subject where you present all topics about the first subject then all topics about the second subject
Paragraph hooks
What are words and phrases used in a topic sentence that can be used to provide coherence throughout a research paper by referring to previous topic ideas or the thesis idea.
Parenthetical citation MLA format
What is parentheses around author's last name, sponsoring organization, or first few words of the source's title and the page number or numbers where the information can be found. The sentence period should be placed after the last parenthesis. Example: (Smith 29).
The process of truncating a URL and why it is done
What is to chop off the last section to the first slash mark to see where it leads. It can be helpful if you run into a broken link or a "Page Not Found" message.
Five things to consider when evaluating an online source
What is the CRAAP test: currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose
Four different outline structures
What are standard/argumentative, pro/con, problem/solution, or cause/effect
A counterargument and caution for using one
What is an argument that goes against the position of your research paper. When including the counterargument, the writer must always include a rebuttal that clearly supports the paper's position on the subject and brings the reader back to that side of the issue.
What is a Works Cited page?
It is a research paper's final page or pages where an entry is included for each source that is cited within the paper's paragraphs.
Seven advanced Google search commands and their purposes
What are: 1) quotation marks for exact phrase; 2) - to omit words; 3) * for wildcard; 4) site: to restrict to a particular domain; 5) inurl: to restrict to a particular site; 6) filetype: for a particular type of file; 7) intitle or allintitle: for a word or phrase you would like a word or words to appear in the website title
Five things included in annotations
What are personal thoughts and reactions, studies, statistics, expert opinions, questions you might have, definitions of words, and connections with other articles
A thorough outline includes
What are a working thesis statement, introduction key words, full topic sentences, key words for support/evidence with citation as well as personal commentary, and conclusion key words
Nine parts of an MLA works cited entry in the correct order with punctuation
Four types of things found on a note card or note page
What are card title, source title, quote and paraphrases from the source, and personal thoughts.