Research Proposal 6 - The Definitions of Terms

1. DEFINITION OF TERMS
HOW TO WRITE YOUR
DEFINITION OF TERMS

2. LOCATION
• The definition of terms
paragraph is located between
the opening paragraph and
before the first body
paragraph.

3. STEP ONE
Select the terms of your Thesis Statement:
1. Adjective + Noun combinations such as
– illegal immigration
– school uniforms
– campus romance
2.
Verbs such as
– influence
– affect
– determine
3.
Verb + adjective combinations such as
– is more effective
– are bigger
– can be detrimental
4.
Adverb + Verb combinations such as
– negatively influence
– positively affect

4. STEP TWO
Use the following format:
In this essay, the term term1 is
used to mean “your own meaning
inside the quote marks.” In this
essay, the term term2 is used to
mean “your own meaning inside
the quote marks.”

5. STEP TWO
Example:
In this essay, the term illegal
immigration is used to mean
“people who go to another country
without the correct passport or
visa.” In this essay, the term
influence is used to mean “to affect
something in some way.”

6. STEP THREE
You can write in list format. The term
being defined is in italics.
Term A – Definition
Term B - Definition

7. STEP THREE
You can write in paragraph format. Use one paragraph
for each term, including dictionary definition and your
own definition. Use a sentence format, such as follows.
According to Webster (2001), the
term troll is a noun that means
“insert definition here.” In this paper,
the term troll is a verb that means “to
collect” as in “to troll the internet for
quotes.”

8. STEP FOUR
Open the MS Word document
that contains the blank Research
Notes tables.
Read and follow the instructions
precisely.

9. STEP FOUR
Use a dictionary or thesaurus
with available APA information:
author, title, date, publisher, page
number.
Copy-paste the words that you
want to use.

10. STEP FOUR
Complete one Research Note
for each term.
If you want to be sure, show
me one example before
completing the task.

11. STEP FIVE
On half of your monitor,
display completed Research
Notes tables.
On the other half, open the
file Class Work and type your
own definitions paragraph.

12. STEP FIVE
After each term, type a pair of
quote marks.
From the Research Notes,
copy-paste the definition of
each term inside the quote
marks.

13. STEP SIX
There are three ways to write
an in-text citation:
In the beginning, in the
middle, or in the end of a
sentence.

14. STEP SIX
Type your in-text citation for
each quoted text.
In each sentence, you may
alternate the location of the intext citations.

15. STEP SIX
Show me the first three
terms to check if you are
doing it right.

16. NOTE
The length of the paragraph
depends on the number of
terms defined.

17. NOTE
When a key term is
composed of two or more
words, there may be one
dictionary definition for the
entire key term, or one for
each word in the term.

18. NOTE
To minimize external
influence, write your
definitions before
researching the dictionary
definitions.

19. END OF PRESENTATION
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