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This glossary defines key terms and concepts.
Please note that words set in small capital letters are
themselves defined in the glossary.
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scholarly literature Writing from a scholarly field.
See also review of scholarly literature.
secondary source An analysis or interpretation
of a primary source. In writing about the Revolutionary
War, a researcher would likely consider the
Declaration of Independence a primary source and
a textbook's description of the writing of the document
a secondary source.
signal phrase A phrase used to attribute quoted,
paraphrased, or summarized material to a source,
as in "she said" or "he claimed."
slippery slope A fallacy that asserts, without
evidence, that one event will lead to a series of other
events that will culminate in a cataclysm.
stance A writer's or speaker's attitude toward his
or her subject as conveyed through the tone and
the words chosen.
strategy A pattern for organizing text to analyze
cause and effect, classify and divide, compare and
contrast, define, describe, explain a process, narrate,
and so on.
style In writing, the arrangement of sentences,
phrases, words, and punctuation to achieve a desired
effect; also, the rules of capitalization, punctuation,
and so on recommended for documentation of a
source.
summary A condensation of a text into a briefer
but still faithful version in lieu of a paraphrase or
a quotation.
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