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Plagiarism

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 2mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is plagiarism?

a)

Ctrl C+Ctrl P

b)

Writing and citing from a newspaper.

c)

Using someone else's words as your own

d)

Changing some words from an author that you want to use.

2.

What are some possible consequences to plagiarizing?

a)

You will have to redo the assignment

b)

You will be suspended/expelled from the school.

c)

You will get a permanent note on your academic record

d)

You will get a ''0'' on the assignment.

3.

Which method is NOT used to avoid plagiarism?

a)

Summary

b)

Direct Speech

c)

Indirect Speech

d)

Paraphrase

4.

What is the purpose of a summary?

a)

To put a quote from someone in your own words.

b)

To restate the authors words into your own

c)

To emphasize the author's supporting details

d)

To find the main idea of a text.

5.

How is a paraphrase written

a)

Changing the reported speech into a quote from the author.

b)

Using restatement methods like synonyms, active passive voice or change in sentence structure to get the idea of the author

c)

A brief account of author's text without supporting details.

d)

An accurate account of all the author's text with supporting details.

6.

Why do people use reported speech?

a)

To avoid excessive use of quotations.

b)

To use quotations from experts within a text

c)

When we think the quote is important enough to be used as it appears.

d)

When we want to add more words in your essay.

7.

What should usually be changed when making reported speech?

a)

Change the pronoun

b)

Change the verb tense.

c)

Adding a reporting verb

d)

Remove quotations.

8.

What do you use when you want to use a passage from the author and put it in your own words?

a)

summary

b)

paraphrase

c)

reported speech

9.

What do you do when, you want to include an important quote in your essay, but you already have a lot of quotes.

a)

Summary

b)

Paraphrase

c)

Reported Speech

10.

Which one of these are you required to cite your sources for?

a)

Summary

b)

Paraphrase

c)

Reported Speech