OSHE Week 4 Quiz - Paraphrasing

1. Before you start this quiz, have your notes and the slides for 'Paraphrasing' available to check ideas and understanding.
Are you ready to start the quiz?

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2. 2. What is a paraphrase?

• Original text kept as it is

• Original text rephrased or rewritten into your own words

• A direct quote from the source

• A summary of multiple sources

3. 3. When writing assignments at university, you should limit your assignments to no more than _____ quotes.

4. 4. Explain why paraphrasing skills are important in academic writing.

5. 5. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a reason why paraphrasing skills are important?

• To demonstrate comprehension of ideas/theories

• To prove you have done wider reading on a topic

• To avoid high similarity scores on Turnitin

• To increase word count in assignments

6. 6. How confident are you in your paraphrasing skills?

• Very confident

• Somewhat confident

• Not very confident

• Not at all confident

7. 7. The first step in the 6-step paraphrasing process is to _______ the text a number of times until you understand its meaning.

8. 8. Which of the following is NOT one of the 6 steps in the paraphrasing process?

• 8. Underline subject-specific words

• 8. Circle words that could be exchanged for synonyms

• 8. Memorize the original text

• 8. Put in your citations

9. 9. What are subject-specific words, and why are they important in paraphrasing?

10. 10. Which of the following tools can be useful for finding synonyms?

• 10. A dictionary

• 10. A thesaurus

• 10. The synonyms tab on Word

• 10. All of the above