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Avoiding Plagiarism

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

putting someone else's ideas in your own words

a)

not plagiarism

b)

paraphrasing

c)

direct quotation

d)

common knowledge

2.

All of the following need to be cited EXCEPT

a)

common knowledge

b)

statistics

c)

direct quotations

d)

specific ideas and theories

3.

Plagiarism can be avoided by . . .

(choose all that apply)

a)

using in-text citation.

b)

taking good notes on your sources.

c)

copying and pasting without using quotation marks.

d)

paraphrasing sources and not saving the URL.

e)

including a Works Cited page.

4.

stuff most educated people would know

a)

common knowledge

b)

paraphrase

c)

plagiarism

d)

direct quotations

5.

All of the following are plagiarism EXCEPT

a)

buying a paper on the internet.

b)

turning in your friend's paper with your name on it.

c)

copying and pasting from the internet.

d)

using quotation marks and parenthetical citation to indicate the source of text on the internet.

6.

Emily is getting ideas for her essay from a website. She takes notes and lists the website name and information in her project when she turns it in.

OKAY or NO WAY?

a)

Okay

b)

No Way

7.

Chris wrote an essay in 9th grade. Now he is in 10th grade, and wants to reuse this paper for another class.

OKAY or NO WAY?

a)

Okay

b)

No Way

8.

Lee changed a few words in the sentence he copied for his essay on human trafficking laws. He decided he did not have to give credit to the original author.

OKAY or NO WAY?

a)

Okay

b)

No Way

9.

David had a game last night and didn't have time to finish his homework. Justin offers to let him copy his, and sends it to David in an email.

OKAY or NO WAY?

a)

Okay

b)

No Way

10.

Why is plagiarism similar to stealing? Choose the best answer.

a)

Because you're not paying to use a person's ideas or words

b)

Because you're passing off a persons ideas or words as your own

c)

Because you're making money off of a person's ideas or words

d)

Because plagiarism wastes your teacher's valuable time

11.

If you put the information in your own words, do you still have to cite it?

a)

Yes

b)

No

12.
In some cases, students who plagiarize can fail a class or be expelled from school.
a)
true
b)
false
13.

Do you need to cite common knowledge?

a)

yes

b)

no

14.

Miguel isn't sure what to say in his essay, so he starts using GPT Chat to get ideas. OKAY or NO WAY?

a)

okay

b)

no way