Study.com Historical Methods Ch 4

What does a thesis statement present?

The main argument of the paper

Where is the information found on the demographics of participants in a study?

The methods section

If you discover that one of your body paragraphs has gone off track and doesn't support your thesis, you should _____.

change your concluding paragraph to explain that the ideas in that paragraph are important

Plagiarism is...

never acceptable in any form.

In the field of history, an opinion about the past is often called:

An interpretation.

In any historical writing, where would you generally look to find the main argument?

Near the end of the introduction

Previous arguments or points of an essay should NOT be added to the conclusion in what way?

Repeated verbatim

Which is NOT a primary source?

A book written by an Oxford professor about Napoleon.

Where should the thesis be placed in a paper's conclusion?

Any place, so long as it is clear and supported

Which of the following is NOT a question to ask yourself for determining if you need to cite a source?

Does this sound like it came from me?

What should you do if you find two sources that don't agree with each other when it comes to definitions or statistics you need for your essay?

Find additional sources that used similar methods to see which conclusions were able to be duplicated.

In an essay about Martin Luther King Jr., where would be an appropriate point to reference that his son was also a civil rights leader?

The body

Which is NOT a historical fact?

The rebellion of the late 1960s was caused by the assassination of John F. Kennedy.

Which is a process of investigation used to arrive at truth?

The scientific method

When checking for plagiarism, what is the purpose of searching a piece of information in a search engine?

To find the sources which published the information you are using.

What does it mean to plagiarize?

To steal or pass off the ideas or words of another as your own.

If you find that you've written more of a descriptive essay when you meant to write a persuasive essay, you should _____.

go back and add persuasive statements following each instance of evidence in your essay

Which would NOT be considered a primary source?

A biography of George Washington by a Cambridge professor.

A particular perspective or view about the past is called:

Interpretation

Which is NOT true?

Primary sources are not very important in historical research.

Every paragraph in a historical essay should do what?

Support the central thesis

Outlining the major points from your essay after writing the essay can help you _____.

spot ideas that are out of place

Which of these presents a historical argument for a historical research paper that is the MOST specific?

The Civil Rights Movement became a national priority because racism hurt the USA's global image in the Cold War

When is it appropriate to change a thesis?

When research reveals it could be changed

Do you need to cite a source when paraphrasing information using your own words?

Yes, always.

As you work on editing and improving the content of an essay that you've written, which of the following considerations is NOT important?

Your supporting details are numbered.

When you try to improve your thesis statement, you should _____.

make it more specific, based on the major points you've made in your paper

What does it mean to give credit to sources you use?

Cite the source in your text and your Works Cited or Reference page

What is NOT a reason that a paper about the Scientific Revolution might suffer from a chronological organization?

The Scientific Revolution was not important outside of Europe

The length and complexity of an essay's thesis depends on what?

The academic level it is written for

What is one advantage of laying out a history paper chronologically?

The conclusion to the essay can talk about the conclusion of the event.

What is NOT a reason that a paper about the Scientific Revolution might suffer from a chronological organization?

The paper would need to jump back and forth between different sciences and their advancement