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Citation Review

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When you steal the words or ideas from another person without giving them credit, this is called

a)
paraphrasing
b)
cheating
c)
texting
d)
plagiarizing
2.

Why do we cite our sources?

a)

To get an A on our assignment

b)

To show our reader where we got our information

c)

To use quotation marks

d)

To write our topic sentence

3.

You do not have to cite the source of information that is considered "common knowledge."

a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
4.
When you're not sure if you should cite a source, don't do anything and assume you're okay.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
5.

If I forget to cite one of my sources, it is considered plagiarism.

a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
6.

The page that should be included at the end of any research paper or project is called a

a)

In-Text Citation

b)

Works Cited

7.
When you put the words of others into your own words, you are doing what?
a)
plagiarizing
b)
writing
c)
cheating
d)
paraphrasing
8.
When you paraphrase, you are using someone's ideas, and not their exact words. Do you still need to cite your source? 
a)
yes
b)
no
c)
only sometimes
9.

When you ___________, you are using someone's exact words.

a)
borrow
b)
plagiarize
c)
quote
d)
paraphrase
10.
 Quotation marks must go around the exact words that were borrowed from someone else.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
When do you use in-text citations? 
a)
When you paraphrase someone else's ideas
b)
When you use the exact words of someone else
c)

All options listed are correct

12.
Where do you place the in text citation in your sentence? 
a)
wherever you want 
b)
at the end of your sentence
c)
in the middle of the sentence
d)
right next to the info you cited in the sentence
13.
What punctuation do you use to insert the in text citation? 
a)
parenthesis ()
b)
quotation marks " " 
c)
underlining __
d)
none 
14.

If available, what piece of information is the first thing that should go in an in-text citation?

a)

Author's Last Name

b)

Author's First and Last Name

c)

Website Article Title

d)

Website Address Link

15.

If there is no author, what is used instead?

a)

Book Title

b)

Website Article Title

c)

Leave it Blank

d)

Editor's Name

16.
What happens if your source does not have a page number? Most websites do not after all! 
a)
Make up a page number 
b)
Put "NO PAGE NUMBER"
c)
leave it off 
d)
Make it Page 1 
17.
Select which in-text citation is PROPERLY DONE from the options below.
a)
Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately (Smith 10).
b)
Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately. (Smith 10)
c)
Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately. (Smith p.10)
d)
(Smith 10) Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately
18.

A website (www.EnglishRocks.com) with a page titled English Rocks with no author or page numbers.  Which citation is CORRECT?

a)
English is great (www.EnglishRocks.com).
b)
English is great (English Rocks).
c)
English is great ("English Rocks"). 
d)
English is great (website).
19.

What would be the in-text citation for the following Works Cited:

Trueman, Terry. Stuck in Neutral. New York, Harper Tempest, Paw Prints, 2009.



(a)  

20.

Paraphrase and include the proper in-text citation.

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