1. Read an encyclopedia article about your subject. i.e. www.scdiscus.org - Encyclopedia Americana
2. Write your research paper topic (or hypotheses) in the form of a complete sentence (either a statement or a question). ____________________________________________________________________________________
3. List the key words/terms in that sentence
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4. Think of synonyms for those words and list them on the grid below.
Concept A and Concept B and Concept C
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or ___________ _____________ _________
or ___________ _____________ _________
(The Daniel Library, The Citadel. 2006)