Quoting and Paraphrasing Quiz

What is the difference between quoting and paraphrasing?

• Quoting involves copying someone else's words, while paraphrasing involves restating someone else's ideas in your own words.

• Quoting involves restating someone else's ideas in your own words, while paraphrasing involves copying someone else's words.

• Quoting involves copying someone else's words, while paraphrasing involves summarizing someone else's ideas.

• Quoting involves summarizing someone else's ideas, while paraphrasing involves copying someone else's words.

Which technique involves using the exact words of the original source?

• paraphrasing

• summarizing

• plagiarizing

• quoting

When should you use quotation marks in a quote?

• When indicating the source of information or a reference in a research paper.

• When directly quoting someone's words or indicating the title of a short work.

• When writing a sentence that includes a word or phrase in quotation marks.

• When paraphrasing someone's words or summarizing their ideas.

What is one strategy for paraphrasing?

• Summarize the main points of the original text in a shorter form.

• Use synonyms to replace key words in the original text.

• Change the order of the sentences in the original text.

• Rephrase the original text using different words or sentence structures while maintaining the same meaning.

True or False: Paraphrasing means changing a few words in a sentence.

• True

• False

• Paraphrasing means changing the structure of a sentence.

• Paraphrasing means adding more words to a sentence.

Which of the following is an example of quoting?

• Quoting a passage from a book in an essay.

• Quoting a tweet in a blog post.

• Quoting a statistic in a research paper.

• Quoting a line from a movie in a conversation.

What is one benefit of paraphrasing?

• Improving vocabulary.

• Avoiding plagiarism

• Saving time.

• Enhancing creativity.

True or False: Quoting is always preferred over paraphrasing.

• True

• False

• Sometimes

• It depends

Which of the following is an example of paraphrasing?

• Restating a sentence or passage in your own words while maintaining the original meaning.

• Summarizing a paragraph by removing unnecessary details.

• Using a thesaurus to find synonyms for each word in a sentence.

• Copying and pasting a sentence without changing any words.

What is one technique for effective quoting?

• Use bold font.

• Use underlining.

• Use quotation marks

• Use italics.