 | Term | Definition |
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research |
studious collecting of information from several resources aimed at the discovery and interpretation of new knowledge |
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topic |
subject you choose to write about |
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thesis sentence |
main idea you making in your paper |
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references |
authoritative sources of information |
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note taking |
recording researched materialsusing only key nouns and verbs |
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paraphrasing |
writing something in your own words |
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plagiarize |
to copy someone else's words exactly, without giving a citation |
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outline |
list of phrases and sentences that show the shape and boundaries of the paper; method for organizing your main ideas and subtopic |
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subtopic |
smaller point of infomation that comes under the main theme |
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introduction |
identifies the subject, gives background information, includes the main idea of your paper |
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