Paraphrasing and Plagiarism

Paraphrasing is...

• restating text to make it shorter and then adding ideas

• restating text by replacing a few words

• restating text using different words and sentence structures

• restating text to remove the minor details

• restating text so that all of the words are different

Can you paraphrase a single word?

• True

• False

When should you put a citation with a paraphrase?

• Only in essays

• In essays and reports

• In all written and spoken text

• In all academic written text

A paraphrase must...

• look beautiful

• have the same meaning as the original

• be much shorter than the original

• be much longer than the original

A word that has a similar meaning to the original is....

• an antonym

• a phrase

• a synonym

• a clause

A good way to paraphrase is to change active sentences to...

• passive sentences

• reported sentences

• compound sentences

• direct speech

Quotation marks are used when paraphrasing? ex: "{paraphrase}"

• true

• false

• only in academic writing

• when the paraphrase is very long

Which citation would be correct for a paraphrase?

• {paraphrase} (Smith, 2008).

• {paraphrase} (Smith, 2008, p.7).

• {paraphrase}. (Smith, 2008)

• {paraphrase}. (Smith, 2008, p.7)

plagiarism is...

• quoting text from a source

• not including enough paraphrases

• using ideas from a text without referencing them

• using too many quotes

Which of these is NOT a form of plagiarism?

• ghost writing

• referencing

• collusion