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English 3 M2L3
research terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a source? | Anything that gives you information to answer your research question. |
| What is a primary source? | The original document or firsthand account of an event. |
| What is a secondary source? | The retelling or giving an opinion based on a primary or firsthand account of an event of an original item or person's experience.T |
| Sources should be______________________________. | Relevant and reliable |
| Which is better to use when conducting research? Primary or Secondary sources? | Primary sources |
| Research is a _____________________. | Process |
| Which comes first--the research question or the thesis statement? | The research question |
| Which comes first--the thesis statement or the outline? | The thesis statement |
| What is a citation? | It contains the information about a source needed to locate the source again and/or to verify its reliability. |
| What is a "Works Cited" page? | An alphabetical list of all your citations. |
| Why must you cite your sources? | To avoid plagiarism. |
| What is plagiarism? | When you steal another person's ideas or words, by retyping them or by copying and pasting them into your work. |
| Where does the Works Cited page go? | At the end of your research paper. |
| What is the easiest way to create a citation? | To use a web tool such as www.easybib.com |