Glossary
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Glossary
| Words (or words that have the same definition) | The definition is case sensitive | (Optional) Image to display with the definition [Not displayed in Glossary, only in pop-up on pages] | (Optional) Caption for Image | (Optional) External or Internal Link | (Optional) Source for Definition |
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| (Eg. "Genetic, Hereditary, DNA ...") | (Eg. "Relating to genes or heredity") |  |
The infamous double helix | https://bio.libretexts.org/ | CC-BY-SA; Delmar Larsen |
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| analyze, analysis | Carefully study and explain the importance of a piece of information, a problem, a pattern, etc. | ||||
| annotate, annotation | Write notes directly on a text, including questions, comments, critiques, or explanations. | ||||
| audience | Who the writer imagines are the readers of their text. Writers think about what the audience already knows and how to connect with them. | ||||
| cite, citation | Showing where an idea comes from; giving credit to the source. | ||||
| claim | A writer's opinion or position. It should be supported by evidence. Used as a reporting verb, claim implies that the author may not have strong evidence to support their point. | ||||
| cohesion | Strategies writers use to connect ideas, make writing flow, and help readers easily follow the text structure. | ||||
| coordination | Joining two or more ideas that are the same level or type. | ||||
| credential | Someone’s qualifications or expertise. It can be a degree, certificate, or life experience. | ||||
| credible | Trustworthy; can be believed. | ||||
| current | Recent or related to today. | ||||
| database | A collection of articles that is owned by a library. | ||||
| deductive | A type of logical structure that starts with a more general statement and shows how a specific conclusion follows. | ||||
| distinct | Different, separate. | ||||
| engage | Participate; be actively involved in an activity; get someone else to do that. | ||||
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evaluate, evaluation |
Judge the value or effectiveness of an idea, position, or work of art/writing, and give reasons to support the judgment. | ||||
| evidence | Support for claims. It can include statistics, facts, quotes, and examples. | ||||
| explicit, explicitly | Directly stated. | ||||
| imply, implication, implications, implicit | Meaning folded in or suggested, not directly stated. | ||||
| interpret, interpretation | Explain the deeper meaning or significance of something. | ||||
| key word |
In research, words that describe the main topic you are looking for; in paraphrasing, words it's OK to copy because they can't be paraphrased and you need them to accurately say the same idea |
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| misconceptions | Wrong ideas based on untrue information or faulty logic. | ||||
| paraphrase | Say someone else's same idea in different words, with different sentence structure. | ||||
| purpose | The reason behind a piece of writing. A writer is persuading their audience to think, feel, learn, or do something. | ||||
| refute, refutation | Argue against an idea; prove why they are wrong. | ||||
| research | Finding and analyzing information about a topic to get new knowledge | ||||
| revise, revision | Change or improve a piece of writing through multiple drafts. It can include changing, adding, deleting, or rearranging ideas or words. | ||||
| rhetoric, rhetorical | The art of writing or speaking effectively, expecially to persuade the audience to do or believe something. | ||||
| scholarly | A work that is written by an academic and published in a scholarly peer-reviewed journal. | ||||
| search engine |
A program that searches the internet, such as Google or Baidu. |
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| source | The place a writer got information form, e.g. an article or book. | ||||
| subject term | Words or phrases that describe the content of an article in the database. These are assigned by the database, and each database has a specific list of subject terms. | ||||
Licenses
All definitions are CC BY unless otherwise noted.