WorksheetsParaphrasing, Summarizing, and Citing
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which of these do not need a citation?
None of them
Quotes
Summaries
Paraphrases
Which of the following is the definition of paraphrasing?
You write the main idea in your own words
You
write a passage in your own words. Not the whole text
You use the author's words
Not this answer
Which is the definition of quoting?
Rewriting the details of a passage in your own words
Rewriting the main idea of a text in your own words
Using the author's exact words and putting it in quotation marks
Summarizing the text.
What is a citation?
A ticket
A way of showing readers that you used information from another source
Something annoying
Something that you only have to use if you get caught using information from another source
When should you paraphrase?
When exact wording is significant
When text is being referenced as a whole
When wording is not significant
When should you summarize?
When the whole work is being referenced
When the wording is significant
When the wording is not significant
When should you use a direct quote?
When exact wording is not significant
When the whole work is being referenced
When the exact wording is significant
Paraphrase
Capture overall point or main idea of text
Exact words to convey a point
Use your own words to discuss an idea
Summarize
Overall point or main idea
Using your own word to convey a point
Using exact word to convey a point
What is plagiarism?
Choose TWO (2).
stealing someone else's words or ideas
taking ideas from somewhere without giving credit
coming up with your own ideas
doing research about a topic
What does the word plagiarize mean?
to steal
to see
to create
TRUE or FALSE: Plagiarism and cheating are the same thing.
TRUE
FALSE
A citation shows _____.
where you originally found your information
a summary of your research
To express someone else’s ideas in our own words means . . .
Paraphrasing
Quoting
Summarizing
Which of the following is included in a summary?
A. key points
B. personal opinions
C. background information
D. minor examples
What is the best synonym for "paraphrase"?
Restate
Invent
Copy
6. In paraphrasing, you place the paraphrased information within “quotation marks”
True
False
Which of the following is the best definition of quoting?
When we rephrase an author’s word to use in our work with credit to the original author.
When we repeat an author’s words exactly as they are to use in our work while crediting the original author.
Copy and pasting someone’s work and then passing it off as your own.
A good paraphrase has the _____________ ___________, different words, and different word order.
same ideas
different ideas
weird synonyms
