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Research Skills
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word on each line.
1. A plan is a short list of questions you want to answer during your research.
2. When you cite a book, you write the title and the author who wrote it.
3. Skimming means reading quickly to find the main ideas without reading every word.
4. Bold or italic words in a text often point to important vocabulary.
5. A comparison chart can help you organize facts from two different sources side by side.
6. The date a source was published tells you how recent the information is.
7. Headings break a text into sections so readers can find topics faster.
8. A quote is a sentence or phrase taken word for word from a source, placed inside quotation marks.
9. Using someone else's words without giving credit is called plagiarism.
Part B: Matching
Match each reference type on the left to what it is best used for on the right.
1. Match each reference type to its best use.
Atlas
→ Finding maps of countries and continents
Finding a synonym for a word
Dictionary
→ Learning the meaning and spelling of a word
Looking up yearly facts and statistics
Almanac
→ Looking up yearly facts and statistics
Finding maps of countries and continents
Thesaurus
→ Finding a synonym for a word
Learning the meaning and spelling of a word
Research Skills
★ Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word on each line.
1) A plan is a short list of questions you want to answer during your research.
2) When you cite a book, you write the title and the author who wrote it.
3) Skimming means reading quickly to find the main ideas without reading every word.
4) Bold or italic words in a text often point to important vocabulary.
5) A comparison chart can help you organize facts from two different sources side by side.
6) The date a source was published tells you how recent the information is.
7) Headings break a text into sections so readers can find topics faster.
8) A quote is a sentence or phrase taken word for word from a source, placed inside quotation marks.
9) Using someone else's words without giving credit is called plagiarism.
★ Part B: Matching
Match each reference type on the left to what it is best used for on the right.
1) Match each reference type to its best use.
Atlas
→ Finding maps of countries and continents
Finding a synonym for a word
Dictionary
→ Learning the meaning and spelling of a word
Looking up yearly facts and statistics
Almanac
→ Looking up yearly facts and statistics
Finding maps of countries and continents
Thesaurus
→ Finding a synonym for a word
Learning the meaning and spelling of a word
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