Documenting Sources and Paraphrasing

What is the purpose of using citations in academic writing?

• A. To demonstrate the writer's knowledge of the topic

• B. To give credit to the sources used in the research

• C. To avoid plagiarism

• D. All of the above

Which of the following information should be included in an in-text citation?

• A. Author's name and publication date

• B. Title of the source and page number

• C. Publisher and location of publication

• D. All of the above

Which of the following is a common way to format a citation for a book?

• A. Author's last name, first name. Year of publication. Title of book. Publisher city, Publisher.

• B. Title of book. Author's last name, first name. Publisher, publication year.

• C. Author's last name, first name. Publisher, publication year. Title of book

• D. Publisher, publication year. Author's last name, first name. Title of book.

Write the reference entry for the article.

"This is an article in the journal TESOL Quarterly. It was written in 1996 by B N Pierce. The title of the article is : Social identity, investment and language learning. It was published in volume 29."

What is paraphrasing?

• Paraphrasing means to copy person's idea and use in our essay.

• Paraphrasing means taking one sentence from someone's idea.

• Paraphrasing means taking another persons' idea and restating it using your own words.

• Paraphrasing means integrate ideas and claim as your own writing.

What are three conditions for a good paraphrase?

• Must have same meaning as the original.

• You should use your own words.

• You should cite the original source.

• All of the above.

The retelling method in paraphrasing means ...

• Read and put away the text.

• Read, and put away the text and write about we had just read.

• Read and write every single word we read.

• Read and cite the original source.

Paraphrase the sentences using the techniques of replacing words with synonyms.

"Ali faces the challenges in managing his allowances"

Paraphrase the sentences below by changing the word order..

"Ginger has a lot of medical benefits but many people do not know of it"

Paraphrase the sentences below by expressing numbers in different ways.

"Poor nutrition causes 50% of deaths in children under five, which is 900,000 children each year."