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Research

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
When you steal the words or ideas from another person without giving them credit
a)
paraphrasing
b)
cheating
c)
texting
d)
plagiarizing
2.
When you put the words of others into your own words, you are doing what?
a)
plagiarizing
b)
writing
c)
cheating
d)
paraphrasing
3.
The page that should be included at the end of any research paper or project is called a...
a)
end note
b)
epilogue
c)
works cited
4.
Turning in someone else's work is plagiarism
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
5.
If I forget to cite one of my sources, it is considered plagiarism
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
6.

What is a bibliography?

a)

pictures about your topic

b)

a list of sources you used

c)

video clips

7.

A source created about an event or time-period by someone who was there

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

8.

A report about the life of Abraham Lincoln written by a 5th grade student

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

9.

A newspaper article created about 9/11 at the same time of 9/11

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

10.

Which answer below is a Secondary Source?

a)

Autobiography

b)

Photograph

c)

Diary

d)

Textbook

11.

Paraphrasing should....

a)

convey the same message as the original quote

b)

convey a new and different message from the original quote

12.
Paraphrasing, or restating ideas in your own words, helps you check your understanding of what you hear and read. Read the passage. Which sentence  best restates the ideas in the passage?
 "Although television was not widely used in American homes until the 1950s, small, experimental television images were broadcast in the 1920s."
a)
Television was not widely used in American homes until the 1950s.
b)
Television became popular in the 1950s, but the first televisions were used thirty years earlier.
c)
Television became popular in the 1920s, and again in the 1950s.
13.
Which is the best paraphrase of the following sentence?
Dragonflies have six legs, but they can’t walk. 
a)
Dragonflies have six legs but cannot walk, and I think that this is odd.
b)
Dragonflies have six legs.
c)
Although Dragonflies have six legs, they cannot walk at all.
d)
 Even though they have six legs, dragonflies can’t walk. 
14.
"Just a whiff can trigger a problem in some people with severe allergies."
Which of the following statements best paraphrases the quote? 
a)
Just a whiff can trigger a problem in some people with severe allergies. 
b)
 Just a quick smell can be deadly. 
c)
Just a quick smell can cause someone to have a serious allergic reaction. 
d)
Allergies are all related to smell.
15.
Choose the best paraphrase:
“Plumber Caught Dancing On The Job Has All The Fly Moves”
 Original source: “The video of Topen’s dancing has racked up more than 400,000 views since it was posted on YouTube last week, and the plumber says he’s already been approached in public for his autograph.”
a)
The video has racked up more than 400,000 views since posted on YouTube last week, and the plumber has even been approached for his autograph.
b)
Even though the YouTube video of the dancing plumber was only posted last week, it has already had more than 400,000 views. Topen has become an almost instant celebrity as strangers have even asked him for autographs (“Plumber Caught Dancing On The Job Has All The Fly Moves”).