Sources and Copyrights Quiz UNIT 1

Active Verb

Forces the subject of the sentence to be the focus of the action.

Libel

Include any published communication that falsely harms a person's reputation.

Transitions

Words or phrases that tie the facts or events of a story into a cohesive whole.

Privacy

A right that may be violated when a newspaper publishes personal info about an individual.

Indecency or Obscenity

Applies to any communication "that, in context, depicts or describes, in terms patently offensive as measure by contemporary community standards, sexual or excretory activity or organs."

Paraphrase

Means to examine a passage from a text and then write it in your own words without copying any part of the text.

Attribution

Means to identify the speaker of a quotation.

Summarize

Means to write a shorter version of a text in your own words with emphasis on the purpose of the texts and its main ideas.

Copyright

Protects the owner of an original work of authorship against unauthorized use of his/her work.

Plagiarism

The act of copying a portion of text from someone else without enclosing it in quotations and crediting the original writer or creator.