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Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
Plagiarism and cheating are the same thing.
Never
Not really
Sometimes
Always
Define plagiarism and explain its implications.
Plagiarism is the act of using your own work without giving yourself proper credit.
Plagiarism is the act of using someone else's work or ideas and giving them proper credit.
Plagiarism is the act of using someone else's work or ideas and giving them partial credit.
Plagiarism is the act of using someone else's work or ideas without giving them proper credit.
Why should you not just copy from sources when you write for school?
It shows you can think about and combine information on your own.
It makes your writing harder to understand.
It's the only way to include information from other places.
It makes your paper longer without improving it.
What is an example of deliberate plagiarism?
Buying or downloading a paper that someone else has written and passing it off as your own.
Writing in your diary.
Brainstorming Ideas
Buying the same shirt as your friend.
OKAY or NO WAY?
Which of the following is an example of paraphrasing effectively?
Copying a sentence from a source and using it without any changes.
Using a thesaurus to change every word of a sentence from a source.
Rewriting a sentence from a source in your own words, while maintaining the original meaning.
Adding quotation marks around a sentence from a source without changing any words.
When citing sources in a research paper, which of the following is NOT correct?
Including the author's name and the page number in parentheses after a quote.
Listing all sources used in a bibliography at the end of the paper.
Only citing sources when you use direct quotes, not when you paraphrase.
Using a consistent format for all citations, following a style guide.
Which sentence from an essay must contain a citation of a source in the final draft of the essay?
As humans, we were no longer bound to the gravity of our small, blue world.
Many scientific discoveries, both direct and indirect, came out of the shuttle program.
Over the following thirty years, the five shuttles collectively made 135 flights into orbit.
Placing the Hubble Telescope in orbit allowed scientists to study distant stars and solar systems.
What is the main purpose of paraphrasing?
To make the text longer
To use the exact words of the author
To complicate the text and make it less understandable
To present the original idea in a new/different way
Which of the following is NOT a step in effective paraphrasing?
Identifying the main idea of the text
Copying significant portions of the original text verbatim
Finding synonyms for key terms
Rewriting the text in your own words
OKAY or NO WAY?
Which of the following is a widely used citation style in academic writing?
APA
CBS
HBO
HTML
How does paraphrasing differ from plagiarism?
Paraphrasing involves copying text word-for-word without citation.
Paraphrasing requires altering the original text significantly and citing the source.
Both involve using someone else's ideas without giving them credit.
Both are acceptable practices in academic writing.
Is it plagiarism if you paraphrase a source without citing it?
Yes, because the ideas are not originally yours.
No, paraphrasing changes the original text enough to consider it your own.
Only if the paraphrased text is recognizable from the source.
No, as long as the paraphrased text is in your own words.
Which statement best explains why plagiarism and paraphrasing are not the same?
Plagiarism and paraphrasing both involve using external sources.
Plagiarism is unauthorized use of someone's work, while paraphrasing involves rewriting with citation.
Both practices are generally encouraged in academic settings to enhance writing.
There is no significant difference; both are forms of academic dishonesty.
