Third Nine Weeks Research Vocabulary. DefinitionCharacteristics ExamplesNon-examples research Uses facts and reliable sources, not opinion! “The History

Third Nine Weeks

Research Vocabulary

Definition Characteristics

Examples Non-examples

research

Uses facts and reliable sources, not opinion!

“The History of the Bermuda Triangle.”

“Bermuda Triangle: A Dangerous Place.”

Results of an investigation on a selected topic.



source

A place where you find information related to a topic.

Primary source: from the time period.

Secondary: a second-hand account.

AtlasEncyclopediaOnline DatabaseBiography.org or .gov sites

Websites and writing that are “sketchy.”



citation

A source used in an essay, report, or book.

Used to clarify, illustrate, provide evidence.

Hopkinson, Deborah. Voices from the Disaster. New York: Scholastic, 2012. Print.

A traffic ticket.



paraphrase

Putting something in your own words.

Bear Grylls explained that you should swim parallel to shore.

Cut and paste.

An accurate restatement that does not repeat the original text.



evidence

Information that provides support for claims.

Facts, figures, details or quotations.

Titanic’s lifeboat capacity was 1,178. There were 2,208 people on board.

There weren’t enough lifeboats for the people on board.



valid

Founded on truth or fact.

Can be proven.

In 1945, five Navy planes were lost in an area near Miami, Bermuda and Puerto Rico.

Thousands of planes and boats have disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle.



thesis

A sentence that focuses a research paper.

Overarching statement. Declarative.

The Titanic sinkingremains one of the most intriguing tragedies of the 20th century.

Under a starry sky, the Titanic sank in the icy Atlantic.



bibliography

A list of books, websites and other sources used in a research paper.

Also called a “Works Cited” page. The last page of a research project.

Footnotes, in-text citations.

Hopkinson, Deborah. Voices from the Disaster. New York: Scholastic, 2012. Print.



relevance

Importance to the matter at hand.

Adds valid evidence or clarification to a topic.

Understandingicebergs is relevant when learning about the Titanic.

Off-topic or unimportant information.



authority

A person looked to as an expert.

Scientists, doctors, experts in a field of study.

If you were researching nutrition, a dietitian or doctor would be an authority.

When researching the Bermuda Triangle, someone who went there on a cruise is not an authority.



copyright

The legal right be the only one to copy, publish, or make money from writing, music, or art.

Copyrighted material is registered in the US Copyright Office.

Copyrighted material is marked by a ©.

“Fair use” (not for profit) and “public domain” items are exceptions.



text features

Text features are written elements of a book or text.

Text features help you find facts quickly.

Illustrations, charts

Indexglossary, atlas,almanacparagraph, headings



graphic features

Graphic features help you better understand text.

Visual elements of a passage.

ChartsGraphs illustrations

topic sentence

paragraph



plagiarism

Stealing someone else’s work and presenting it as your own.

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Cut-and-paste

Ideas. Paraphrase (ENTIRELY

in your own words), then credit your source.

Several words or entire sections of work copied from a source.



text structure

How writing is organized.

Shows the purpose of the writer.

compare and contrastcause and effectchronological order

columnsfontUnderline, boldface

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