WorksheetsResearch Vocabulary
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The writers were not directly involved or present at the time of the event is known as what?
a)
Source
b)
Tertiary Source
c)
Primary Source
d)
Secondary Source
2.
An informal way to organize your ideas, is known as what?
a)
Organization
b)
Outline
c)
Rough draft
d)
Pre-writing stage
3.
What is a thesis statement?
a)
A general idea of what the essay is about
b)
A summary of the main idea
c)
A statement that explains the main idea of an essay
d)
A suggestion that you should read the essay
4.
True or False: The thesis statement should express a main idea that links to supporting points in the body paragraphs.
a)
True
b)
False
5.
You are asked to summarize the plot of a chapter. You copy the chapter description from the online Spark Notes Web site and don't cite your source.
Is this plagiarism?
Is this plagiarism?
a)
YES
b)
NO
6.
When you put the words of others into your own words, you are doing what?
a)
plagiarizing
b)
writing
c)
cheating
d)
paraphrasing
7.
How many sources are required in a Works Cited page?
a)
A minimum of 2
b)
At least 3
c)
As many as are used in the paper or presenation.
d)
A minimum of 4
8.
MLA stands for what?
a)
Many Liars Anonymous
b)
Modern Language Association
c)
My Library's Awesome
d)
Multiple Large Aardvarks
9.
You must paraphrase a quote, so that you do not plagiarize.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
What can you do to avoid plagiarism?
a)
Cite your source at the end of a sentence
b)
Reference and rephrase others work
c)
Use quotation marks
d)
All of the above
11.
What is a citation?
a)
The exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, fild, or record work
b)
To present the words and ideas of someone else as your own, without giving credit
c)
A reference to an author of a given work that can include name, title, page number, and date.
d)
To re-work the ideas, words, phrases, and sentence structures of others and retell them in your own words
12.
What is Plagiarism?
a)
The exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, fild, or record work
b)
To present the words and ideas of someone else as your own, without giving credit
c)
A reference to an author of a given work that can include name, title, page number, and date.
d)
To re-work the ideas, words, phrases, and sentence structures
13.
What is Paraphrase?
a)
The exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, fild, or record work
b)
To present the words and ideas of someone else as your own, without giving credit
c)
A reference to an author of a given work that can include name, title, page number, and date.
d)
To re-work the ideas, words, phrases, and sentence structures of others and retell them in your own words
14.
An example of a reliable source is...
a)
A print or an online encyclopedia.
b)
wikipedia.com.
c)
google.com.
d)
yahoo.com.
15.
You can tell that a website is associated with a college or university if the URL ends with...
a)
.com
b)
.gov
c)
.edu
d)
.org
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