2015 Research Writing Academic Vocabulary (Page 2 of 3) in pdf

location of

last sentence of introduction

purpose of body

give facts, statistics; explain information;

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thesis

present argument and develop ideas

MAP

sentences in the opening paragraph that

purpose of

restate thesis; revisit the central

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sentence or

preview the main topics of the paper

conclusion

argument; provide closure of ideas

MAP

purpose of

catch reader's attention; prepare

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sentences

introduction

reader for paper's ideas; state thesis

mode

a general term that refers to the "most

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rebuttal

refutation; opposing response to an

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frequently occurring" type of writing; typically

argument, especially to the counter

writing is organized into 4 "modes": narration,

claim

description, exposition, and

References page

begins on a new page; the word

argumentation/persuasion. In recent years,

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References is centered at the top of the

the word exposition has been popularized as

page after the page header. The page

"explanatory/informative" writing and the

contains an alphabetical listing of

word argumentation has been popularized

sources cited in the paper; uses hanging

as "opinion" writing, but these new "re

indents. All references cited on this page

brandings" are somewhat misleading. Genre

must be in the paper and sources cited

is to literature as mode is to writing

in the paper must be on this page

note cards

if used, cards with one fact, source number,

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restriction

sentence that restricts the general topic

heading and page number from source;

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sentence

and focuses the essay

these represent the content of the paper

using the information extracted from the

running

a style that blends multiple sentences

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sources

acknowledgement

from a single source to avoid using a

"blanket" citation and to clearly

outline

a well organized plan of the paper explaining

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differentiate the ideas from the source

in topical form the contents of the paper in

from the ideas and analysis of the

the order they are to appear; may be formal

research writer; used when including

or informal

written or interview sources in text

paraphrase

to restate in other words the words of the

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Running head

a short version of the title in all CAPS,

original source; must be cited in the research

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which will appear as a header at the top

paper as coming from the original source

of pages of the APA style paper

parenthetical

the way to avoid plagiarism; use parenthesis

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secondary

past research which has already been

citations

at the end of the sentence with source info

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research

preformed and often already published

(author, date) to link the ideas to the source

listed on the References page; often referred

sentence of

a sentence in the text of the paper that

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to as in - text citations; all direct quotes,

attribution

attributes information to a source

paraphrases and summaries must be cited

sentence of

a sentence that defines what a term or

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within the text

definition

idea is and provides clarity in writing

persuasive

writing to convince/ argue with facts and

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summary

retelling of the most important parts of

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writing

explanation

what was read; takes a long section of

plagiarism

using someone else's ideas, thoughts or

text and reduces it to a sentence or two;

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explanations without showing where the

must be cited in the research paper as

information was found; stealing; avoid this

coming from the original source

academic offense by citing all direct quotes,

sythesize

to create something new out of existing

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paraphrases and summaries within the text

ideas; blending multiple sources

primary

letters, community service, surveys, visits to

requires the writer to _____ information

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research

an actual place, interview; research that is

thesis

one declarative sentence that states the

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generated by the researcher and goes

overall purpose of the paper; never a

beyond the printed material

question, usually at the end of the

proposal

a plan for a paper that is usually put down in

opening paragraph

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writing; includes topics that the paper will

cover, research questions, a tentative thesis

and a preliminary references page;

sometimes called a search strategy log

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