Paraphrasing/Plagiarism

When you steal the words or ideas from another person without giving them credit

• paraphrasing
• cheating
• texting
• plagiarizing

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

When you put the words of others into your own words, you are doing what?

• plagiarizing
• writing
• cheating
• paraphrasing

The page that should be included at the end of any research paper or project is called a...

• end note
• epilogue
• works cited

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2

To prevent plagiarism, you should copy directly from online sources or other students

• TRUE
• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Facts known by most people that do not need to cited are called...

• fair use
• plagiarism
• common knowledge
• public domain

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2

If I need to copy a sentence, I need to use quotation marks and cite the source.

• TRUE
• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which is the BEST paraphrase of the following sentence?

Deserts cover one fifth of the surface of the Earth.

• Deserts cover one fifth of the Earth.

• One fifth of the Earth's surface is desert.

• Deserts cover one fifth of the Earth.

• Deserts cover more than half of the Earth's surface.

Which is the best paraphrase of the following sentence?

Dragonflies have six legs, but they can’t walk.

• Dragonflies have six legs but cannot walk, and I think that this is odd.

• Dragonflies have six legs.

• Even though they have six legs, dragonflies can’t walk.

What is a paraphrase?

• a restatement of the information in a text

• a persuasive argument about the information in a text

• a genre of storytelling

• an essay about a specific topic

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

What should you do while reading a text that you’re going to paraphrase later?

• cross out any words you don’t know

• ignore the main idea

• scribble over sentences you’ve already read

• look up unfamiliar words in the dictionary