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What is the correct way to quote the underlined material? Dr. Emmanuel Hahm has proven in the laboratory that bacon increases heart disease risks by 80 percent over 20 years. --from page 47 of Dr. Hahm's article

According to some laboratory studies, consuming bacon has been shown to raise the chance of getting heart disease "by 80 percent over 20 years" (Hahm 47).

Which of the following sentences does NOT contain plagiarized material based on the following original passage?In the most recent edition of his textbook, Dr. Omigosh claims that lizards run on batteries created by aliens.

Dr. Omigosh writes that "lizards run on batteries created by aliens."

As long as you provide a parenthetical citation, it is impossible to plagiarize.

False

As you paraphrase, you should try very hard to copy the voice and style of the original text.

False

If a person sells you an essay, then you own that essay. Therefore, you are free to submit that paper as your own work.

False

If the TurnItIn originality report shows highlighted passages from your paper, this always means you have plagiarized.

False

If you are caught plagiarizing, you can send us an explanation saying, "I didn't know" or "It was a mistake," and we will not consider you to have actually plagiarized.

False

If you conduct an interview and use that information in a paper, you do not need to provide documentation-as long as it is a personal interview with someone you know.

False

In order to paraphrase effectively and avoid plagiarism, you can simply use a dictionary or thesaurus and change the major words in the passage to synonyms.

False

Plagiarism is not a serious offense, so it is not worth worrying about

False

Plagiarism is not a serious offense, so it is not worth worrying about.

False

Two students, John and Sam, research the same subject. John reads sam's research paper and finds an interesting quotation that would help with his own paper. Since John gets the quotation from Sam's paper and not from the orginal work, John does not have to cite or quote

False

Unintentional plagiarism is different from plagiarism that is done on purpose. Therefore, if you accidentally plagiarize a paper, you will not be held accountable since you did mean to do it.

False

When you paraphrase, it is okay to change the meaning of the original passage, as long as you are using it to support your thesis statement.

False

You will not need to cite paraphrased or summarize information.

False

You will not need to cite paraphrased or summarized information. you only need to cite when you use exact words from a source.

False

The definition of plagiarism

Is enforced differently by different instructors

what will happen if you are found plagiarizing in this course

NOT We will need

Original text: Pride and Prejudice starts with the anonymous figure of a rich, single man, but the novel is actually concerned with the plight of the poor, single woman. -from page 75 of an article by Donald Holt. Select which one of the following choices successfully uses this original source material:

NOT begins with the nameless

Every essay you submit in this course will automatically be sent through Turnitin, which evaluates the originality of your work. Turnitin will identify any source that has been used in your paper, and this includes essays previously summitted to academic institutions, The results are displayed in a/an _______ report

NOT plagiarism

Which of the following answers is true?

NOT you must give credit

At StraighterLine, if you only incorrectly cite a source, you are:

Not plagiarizing

Which of the following situations is not considered plagiarism?

Paraphrasing source material into your own voice and style.

None of the following options uses quotation marks. Which of the following sentences NEEDS quotation marks to show a cited passage?Original Text: Dr. Doom predicts the world will end in 2010 when a great chocolate chip cookie will fall from the sky.

The correct answer is: Dr. Doom's research is clear. He cannot be wrong about the world's demise in 2010 by a great chocolate chip cookie falling from the sky.

A quote passage must be placed in quotation marks AND cited even if it is only part of the author's whole sentence.

True

Academic honesty is expected of all students, and plagiarism is a violation of the academic honesty policy. Thus, any student found plagiarizing will automatically fail the course

True

Following MLA style will help you avoid plagiarism

True

Following MLA style will help you to avoid plagiarism.

True

For assignments that do not require research, we recommend that you don not consult sources at all because you will avoid the temptation to lift ideas from other sources.

True

If Joe Pupil memorized a great quotation from a book he read as a child, then he can use that quotation without citing it since he'll never be able to find the source again.

True

If you aviod looking at the originial text, this may help you do a better job of paraphrasing source material.

True

If your friend gives you an essay, you will have committed plagiarism if you submit that essay as your own work.

True

When you paraphrase a source, this means you are using your own voice and style.

True

Original Text: In college classrooms all over the country, students complain loudly and bitterly about writing papers. Writing, as these protests suggest, is not something that comes easily to many students. And it's not something that they enjoy doing. Indeed, many college students find the process of writing essays tedious and tiresome. But they can make it more manageable simply by following the steps of the writing process, which include prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing.From page 3 of Tales of the Writing Process: An Anecdotal Approach to Writing College Level Essays by Leigh Straightman (University of California Press, 2008). A student sample: "Many college students find the process of writing essays tedious and tiresome, claims Leigh Straightman, author of Tales of the Writing Process: An Anecdotal Approach to Writing College Level Essays (Straightman 3)."

Unacceptable

Original Text: In college classrooms all over the country, students complain loudly and bitterly about writing papers. Writing, as these protests suggest, is not something that comes easily to many students. And it's not something that they enjoy doing. Indeed, many college students find the process of writing essays tedious and tiresome. But they can make it more manageable simply by following the steps of the writing process, which include prewriting, drafting, revising, and editing.From page 3 of Tales of the Writing Process: An Anecdotal Approach to Writing College Level Essays by Leigh Straightman (University of California Press, 2008).A student's sample: Students hate writing papers. They complain loudly and bitterly when writing papers. Is this considered acceptable (not plagiarized) or unacceptable (plagiarized)?

Unacceptable

The MLA manual describes certain phrases as a "particularly _____ phrase," which means it is a term or concept invented or coined by someone. This kind of phrase typically is not part of a general knowledge base, and you should give credit to whoever coined it.

apt

If you forget a punctuation mark with your parenthetical citation, you are

not plagiarizing

When you restate source material to match your own voice and style, you are

paraphrasing