Quotations for Research Writing

Multiple Choice

Putting a part of your source's information in your own words

• plagiarism

• paraphrasing

• parachuting

• paralysis

Multiple Choice

As a wise man once said, "Oh, the thinks you can think!" _____

• (Seuss p.5).

• (Seuss.)

• (Seuss 5).

• (5).

Multiple Choice

If you paraphrase, you have to include a parenthetical citation.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Which piece goes first in MLA formatted citations?

• Title

• Author's name

• Date published

• Publisher

Multiple Choice

Which of these is correct?

• Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. Scribner, 2004.

• F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby. Scribner 2004.

• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Scribner, 2004.

• Fitzgerald, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. 2004, Scribner.

Multiple Choice

A parenthetical citation needs to include

• author and page number (if available)

• author and title

• title and page number (if available)

• publisher and page number (if available)

Multiple Choice

If a source lists no author,

• you cannot use it

• make one up

• start your citation with the title

• start your citation with the date

Multiple Choice

Which is correct?

• Athlete's Foot - Topic Overview. WebMD, 25 Sept. 2014, www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/tc/athletes-foot-topic-overview. Accessed 5 Dec. 2019.

• "Athlete's Foot - Topic Overview." WebMD, Septermber 25, 2014, www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/tc/athletes-foot-topic-overview. Accessed December 5, 2019.

• "Athlete's Foot - Topic Overview." WebMD, 25 Sept. 2014, www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/tc/athletes-foot-topic-overview. Accessed 5 Dec. 2019.

• "Athlete's Foot - Topic Overview." "WebMD," 25 Sept. 2014, www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/tc/athletes-foot-topic-overview. Accessed 5 Dec. 2019.

Multiple Choice

What citation would I include for something written by Owen Martin on page 67?

• (Martin, O. 67).

• (Martin p.67).

• (Owen Martin, 67).

• (Martin 67).

Multiple Choice

Your works cited needs to be included

• at the bottom of every page

• on its own page at the end

• on its own page at the beginning

• only if you want extra credit

Multiple Choice

A works cited page is sorted

• earliest to latest date

• alphabetically

• shortest to longest

• however you want

Multiple Choice

Authors are written

• First name, Last name.

• Last name, First name.

• First name Last name.

• Last name First name.

Multiple Choice

True or false? Information that is not considered common knowledge needs to be cited.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

True or false? Only direct quotes need to be cited.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Select which in-text citation is properly done from the options below:

• "Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately," (Smith 10).

• "Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately." (Smith p. 10).

• "Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately." (Smith 10)

• (Smith 10) "Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately."

Multiple Choice

True or False: You do not need to include in-text citations when summarizing or paraphrasing information from an outside source. 

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

If I included the author’s last name in my lead-in sentence, then I do not need to include it in the parenthetical citation.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

You must summarize a direct quote in YOUR OWN words.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What is a Works Cited page?

• A page that lists info about you.

• A page at the end of your paper that lists all of your sources.

• A page where you list your favorite quotes or songs.

• The assignment rubric.

Multiple Choice

What is an example of deliberate plagiarism?

• Buying or downloading a paper that someone else has written and passing it off as your own.

• Writing in your diary.

• Brainstorming Ideas

• Buying the same shirt as your friend.

Multiple Choice

A direct quote includes___________.

• the author's EXACT words.

• the author's words with small changes to make it sound like someone else. 

Multiple Choice

What can you do to avoid plagiarism? 

• Cite your source within your essay. 

• Include a Work's Cited page.

• Use quotation marks.

• All of the above.

Multiple Choice

Does the following sentence need to be cited?

"A baby dog is called a puppy."

• No, because it is common knowledge.

• Yes, you have to cite ALL information.

• Yes, because it's someone else's idea.

Multiple Choice

What is common knowledge?

• Knowledge that the average person would know without having to look it up.

• Knowledge that you would only know if you are in college.

• Information that most people DO NOT know.

Multiple Choice

 Select the entry that correctly uses MLA (2016) style for in-text documentation.The student is providing in-text documentation for the following online source, which includes no page numbers:

Walker, Rob. "Stuck on You." The New York Times Magazine, 3 June 2010, www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/magazine/06fob-consumed-t.html. Accessed 9 June 2010.

• According to a 2008 study, drivers with bumper stickers on their cars are much more likely to display road rage (Walker).

• According to a 2008 study ("Stuck on You"), drivers with bumper stickers on their cars are much more likely to display road rage.

Multiple Choice

In-text citations appear where in the paper? 

• at the end

• throughout

• at the beginning

• nowhere

Multiple Choice

MLA stands for _______.

• More Love Always

• My Lovely Aunt

• Monkeys Lose Apples

• Modern Language Association

Multiple Choice

The four parts of an in-text citation are...

• open parentheses, author's last name, page number, and close parentheses

• open parentheses, author's first name, page number, and close parentheses

• open parentheses, author's last name, a comma, the page number, and a close parentheses

• parentheses, quote, comma, author's last name

Multiple Choice

"Buffy Slays Academics." BBC News Education. 7 Nov. 2001. BBC. Web. 8 July 2008
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/1642829.stm>.

• (Buffy Slays Academics 1)

• (Buffy Slays Academics 2008)

• (Buffy Slays Academics)

• (BBC News Education)

Multiple Choice

When do you not put the page number in the ( )?

• when there is only one page like a website or video-something without a page

• when you forgot to write it down

• when the author is given in the signal phrase

• when the information comes from an encyclopediawhen there is no author

• when there is no author