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Research Vocabulary
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English
6th Grade
01/13/2014

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Term
Purpose
Definition
Reason for Writing
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Audience
Definition
People who share your interest in the topic but do not already know a lot about it (classmates and teachers)
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Non-Fiction
Definition
Based on fact
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Language used
Definition
Do not use words such as: I, me, my mine we and our; Do not state opinion without supporting them with facts
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Title Page
Definition
Tells the title of the book, author's name, publishers name and city.
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Copyright page
Definition
Tells the year the book was published
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Preface
Definition
May tell what the book is about, why it was written and how to use it
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Topic Sentence
Definition
Introduce the main idea of the article/paper
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Thesis
Definition
Tells the reader the topic of a piece of writing and the main points the writer will make about the topic
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Body
Definition
Includes just enough important facts to support or explain the main idea
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Closing Sentence
Definition
Restate the main idea of the summary in a different way
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Works Cited
Definition
Bibliography sources that you used in your report
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Primary Sources
Definition
Original sources that give you firsthand information
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Secondary Sources
Definition
Contain information that had been gathered by someone else
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Key Word
Definition
A word relating to your topic
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Paraphrase
Definition
Write the ideas in your own words
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Plagiarizing
Definition
Stealing another writers work and calling it your own, either unintentionally or intentionally. (HUGE offense)
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Direct Quotation
Definition
Repeats the words of a source exactly; quotation marks are used around the quoted material
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Summary
Definition
Shortened statement of an idea in a source. It says the same thing in fewer and different words
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Signal Phrase
Definition
Indicated something is taken from the source (a quotation, summary, paraphrase or fact). It shows something is about to be used or taken from a source, usually including the author's name
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Parenthetical Phrase
Definition
Comes after the cited material, includes the author's last name.
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Conceptual Map
Definition
Way to organize the information; helps with planning before you write.
Term
Multimedia Presentation
Definition
Computer generated slides with graphics, sounds and videos.
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