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College Writing Skills, Media Edition, 5/e
John Langan, Atlantic Community College
Writing a Research Paper

Key Terms

direct quotation
a passage reproduced exactly as it appears in an original work


ellipsis
three spaced periods that indicate an omission from a quoted passage


MLA style
a set of rules for documenting source material formulated by the Modern Language Association


in-text citation
a method of documenting source material by including key information in parentheses following the material’s appearance in the text


paraphrase
restatement of a passage in one’s own words; differs from summary in that paraphrase can be as long as the original


summary
condensed restatement of a passage in one’s own words


Works Cited
a list of works (books, articles, websites, and other sources) actually quoted, paraphrased, or otherwise borrowed from in a paper










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