Guidelines in Writing a Research Paler Flashcards
Traits of Writing
Ideas
Organization
Word Choice
Voice
Convention
Sentence Fluency
3 Citation Styles
American Psychological Association (APA)
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Chicago/Turabian Style
used in Education, Psychology, and Sciences
APA
used in Humanities
MLA
used in Business, History, and the Fine Arts
Chicago/Turabian Style
two types of citation
in-text citation
end-reference citation
found in the body of a research paper
in-text citation
3 TYPES IN-TEXT CITATION
- Paraphrasing
- Summarizing
- Quoting
rephrasing or restating the words of an author, putting his/ her thoughts in your own words
Paraphrasing
Strategies in Paraphrasing
Reword
Rearrange
Remain
Recheck
putting the main idea(s) of someone else’s writing into your own words
highly recommended for demonstrating in your own words that you understand the main points of an entire selection
Summarizing
Guidelines in Summarizing
- read and comprehend the text
- identify main ideas and key points
- express the information in your own words
It means using the author’s exact words
Quoting
It is advisable to quote when:
You want to highlight the specific sentences and passages.
You are comparing and contrasting specific point of views.
located at the end of the paper work.
End-reference citation
End-reference citation format
Name of the author/s, publication year, title, publication place, publisher, and page number
