1. Research Writing:
Essential Vocabulary

2. MLA Format “Modern Language Association”
Dictates format of paper: font, margins, heading, documentation…
Usually used in humanities courses such as ELA

3. Thesis Statement
Last sentence of Introduction

4. Plagiarism
the practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own.
Can often be done unintentionally by careless paraphrasing or lack of documentation

5. Turnitin.com: “originality report”

6. Source
A “source” of information that you have found in your research related to your topic
Ie: reference source (encyclopedia); website source; book source; database article source

7. In-text Citation
Gives credit to a source “in the text” (documentation)
Generally author’s last name or title of article
Corresponds with Works Cited

8. Works Cited
An alphabetized list of “works cited” (sources used) which appears at the end of your research paper
gives publication information for each of the sources you have cited (or used) in your paper.
Includes only sources that you have quoted, summarized, or paraphrased
Corresponds with in-text citations

9. Ways we write in a paper…
Paraphrasing: a restatement of text or passage, giving the meaning in another form; rewording (putting text in your own words)
Summarizing: taking a larger section of text and reducing it to the bare essentials (the main idea/point)
Directly quoting: Using an author's language word for word; verbatim (we don’t do this a lot!)
*Any time you do any of the above, you must use an in-text citation!!!