Chapter Exercises

This activity contains 10 questions.

Which of the following is one type of plagiarism?

using the exact words of someone without putting quotation marks around the words and without citing the source using your own words to restate an author’s words as well as citing the authorusing the exact words of someone with quotation marks around the words as well as citing the sourceusing common knowledge without citing the source of that common knowledge

Which of the following is one type of plagiarism?

changing the words of another person into your own words by paraphrasing or summarizing without citing the source using the exact words of someone with quotation marks around the words as well as citing the sourceusing your own words to restate an author’s words as well as citing the authorusing common knowledge without citing the source of that common knowledge

Which of the following is one type of plagiarism?

stating ideas or research specifically attributed to another person or persons without citing the source using the exact words of someone with quotation marks around the words as well as citing the sourceusing your own words to restate an author’s words as well as citing the authorusing common knowledge without citing the source of that common knowledge

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a summary?

written in your own wordsincludes direct quotations includes only the main pointsomits direct quotations

Which of the following is the correct definition of paraphrasing?

it restates information from a source using your own words it provides new information about a sourceit restates information from a source using only direct quotationsit provides information using a summary of various sources and a mixture of direct quotations and your own words

Which of the following is incorrect?

quote when a paraphrase would be less clearquote when you have run out of your own ideas quote when the words the source uses are important to the discussionquote when the writer’s words are especially vivid

Which of the following is correct?

short quotations can run no more six linesshort quotations can run no more than four typed lines short quotations can run over four linesshort quotations can run no more than two lines

Which of the following is correct?

never indent the first line of a long quotationsingle-space a long quotation indent long quotations two spaces from the left margindo not include quotation marks in a long quotation

When should you use quotations from sources? Answers may vary.

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

What is paraphrasing?

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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