English MIDTERM research paper
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- community resources
- letter, survey, visit to actual place, interview
- plagiarism
- using someone else's ideas, thoughts or explainations without showing where the information was found; stealing
- library resources
- books, dictionaries, vertical files, maps, atlas
- ellipses
- ...
- notecard
- card with one fact, source number, heading and page number (if book)
- source number
- the number you put on the card and on every notecard that you create from that source
- publication information
- place: company, date.
- MLA format for book
- author last, first. title. place: company, date.
- length of 8th grade research paper
- 6 double spaced typed pages
- purpose of body
- give facts, statistics; explain information; present arguement
- topic sentence
- first sentence of a paragraph that gives the topic of the paragraph
- working outline
- a road map to follow as you write; can change!!
- MLA format for internet
- author last, first. title. organization/longer title. date. URL (date accessed).
- coherence
- being orderly and making sense
- sythesize
- to create something new
- expository
- to explain or inform
- persuasive
- to convince/ argue with facts and explanation
- compare
- show similiarities
- location of thesis
- first or last sentence of introduction
- parenthetical documentation
- the way to avoid plagiarism; parenthesis with a link to the Works Cited
- unity
- oneness
- purpose of introduction
- catch reader; state thesis
- purpose of conclusion
- restate thesis; sum up; provide solution or meaning
- number of sources required
- minimum 3
- MLA
- Modern Language Association
- contrast
- show differences
- Works Cited
- bibliography
- source cards
- card holding author and publication information about the resources you use to find information
- thesis
- one declarative sentence that states the overall purpose and topic
- vertical file
- collection of articles on a certain subject collected and kept together by the librarian