Plagiarism and Citing Sources Review

Writing a summary means that

• You put the ideas of an original text in your own words.

• You change some of the words of the original text.

• You pick some of the sentences to put in your writing.

• You tell where you got your information.

Citing your source means

• Rewriting a quotation.

• Putting a text in your own words.

• Telling where you got your information.

• Using a database to find information.

A source of information can be

• a magazine

• a newspaper

• a website

• all of the above

Intellectual property means

• written works that a person owns

• a person's ideas and work

• everything that someone owns

• a person's writing

You find a picture online that your friend has taken and you use it in your project without giving him or her credit. Have you stolen intellectual property?

• Yes

• No

• Only in some states.

You only have to cite written works.

• Yes

• No

• Only in some states.

Reusing a paper or project that you did in a previous class is an example of plagiarism.

• True

• False

You don't have to cite your sources if you put everything in your own words.

• True

• False

What type of formatting will you use to cite your sources?

• APA

• Chicago Style

• MLA

Which of the following facts would not have to be cited because it is common knowledge?

• Among the most common mid-sized mammals in Central and South American rain forests is the brown-throated sloth. (www.worldwildlife.org)

• Sloths are incredibly slow animals. (www.worldwildlife.org)

• Hoffman’s two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni) is one species of sloth. (www.worldwildlife.org)

• The pygmy sloth is critically endangered. (www.worldwildlife.org)