Advanced Research Writing Flashcards
Grade 10 · English · Flashcards
Core vocabulary, frameworks, and strategies for advanced academic research writing and source integration.
Flashcards
- Synthesis
- Integrating multiple sources into a unified, thesis-driven argument by finding relationships between them rather than reporting each separately.
- Research Thesis
- A specific, arguable claim that evidence supports; must go beyond fact-reporting to stake an interpretive or analytical position.
- CRAAP Test
- Source evaluation framework: Currency (recency), Relevance (applicability), Authority (credentials/publication), Accuracy (evidence-based), Purpose (intent of source).
- Primary Source
- Original firsthand material: original texts, speeches, raw data, interviews, historical documents, works of art.
- Secondary Source
- Analysis of primary sources: scholarly articles, literary criticism, biographies, historical analyses.
- Plagiarism
- Using others' ideas or language — including close paraphrase — without attribution; all borrowed content requires citation regardless of form.
- Signal Phrase
- Attribution language integrating a source into the writer's sentence: 'As Smith argues,' 'According to the CDC,' 'Lee contends that...'
- Patchwork Summary
- A research writing failure: reporting sources sequentially without synthesizing them into the writer's own argument.
- Annotated Bibliography
- Bibliography entries each accompanied by a brief description and evaluation of the source's credibility and relevance to the research project.
- Peer-Reviewed Source
- An article or paper vetted by expert scholars before publication; the gold standard for academic research credibility.
- In-Text Citation
- Parenthetical or footnote citation within the body of the paper that credits a source at the point of use; format depends on citation style (MLA, APA, Chicago).
- Works Cited / References
- A bibliography at the end of a paper listing full source information for every source cited in the paper; format is style-specific.
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