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Using Evidence - A.C.E.

Total questions: 8

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

You do not have to introduce a quote if you gave the title and author in your thesis.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

What is plagiarism? (mark all correct answers)

a)

the use of another person's original words or ideas

b)

borrowing from a source without giving credit

c)

Copy/pasting directly from a source

d)

None of these

3.

When using someone's exact words ___ (mark all that apply)

a)

put them in quotes

b)

Give credit with in-text citations

c)

Properly introduce the quote to provide context

d)

none of these apply

4.

True or False. The following piece of evidence is being used properly: "According to a factory worker who testified in the Sadler committee, “there were about a dozen” workers who “died during the two years and a half that I was there.”

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Which of the following statements are correctly cited? (Mark all that apply)

a)

Saturday school will keep students from forgetting things over the weekend.

b)

The PISA test says students in the United States are falling behind in math and science.

c)

Mandatory Saturday school would make scheduling local games and matches difficult (source B).

d)

In source C, Saturday school is only a potential option to improve test scores.

6.

Is the following piece of evidence being used properly? Why? In Document D, Professor Hansen writes, “It is more democratic by being government by the people instead of a government by those elected by the people.”

a)

Yes, because it is properly introduced

b)

No, because citations go at the end of a quote

c)

Yes, because quotations were used.

7.

What does A.C.E. stand for?

a)

Assert Claim, Cite Everything, Explain

b)

Assert thesis, Cite Evidence, Explain

c)

Assert Claim, Cite Evidence, Ending Sentence

d)

Assert Claim, Cite Evidence, Explain

8.

Evidence used properly?

This is another example of Athenian democracy being a true democracy because as stated in document E by Professor John Camp, once a year they had the option to ostracise someone (vote on someone who they felt was the biggest threat to democracy in their eyes), so really they had an optional choice to remove someone dangerous to their democracy.

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Not sure