Plagiarism Quiz Study Guide

Paraphrasing

rewrite the text or idea in your own words

plagiarism

taking credit for someone else's writing or ideas

quote

to repeat exactly what someone else has said or written

verbatim

word for word; exactly as written or spoken

source

A book, article, person, or other resource consulted for information.

footnote

A note at the bottom of the page used to cite references or give more information.

citing

Plagiarism is the act of using another person's ideas in your writing without ___________________ the source.

quotation marks

When copying the exact words from a source, you should use ___________________________.

works cited/bibliography

Where should I look to find whether a specific source was used in a research paper?

common knowledge

Facts that can be found in many-at least three- independent sources and are known by a lot of people.

kidnapper

Plagiarism comes from the Latin word for __________.

true

True or False? If I ONLY change a couple of words within a section of text, and then use that in my paper, then I am plagiarizing.

false

True or False? You are allowed to copy and paste from the Internet without citing the Internet page because everything on the Internet is common knowledge.

Echo Company is the best 7th grade team.

Which of the following is a verbatim repetition of the sentence, "Echo Company is the best 7th grade team." - Everyone said that Echo Company is the best team. - The best 7th grade team is Echo Company. - Echo Company is the best 7th grade team. - According to all 7th grade students, Echo company is the best team at TCMS.

forgetting to put quotation marks around a quote

Which of the following is an example of plagiarism? -using a resource when you to complete as assignment -using a quote from a newspaper articles in an essay -forgetting to put quotation marks around a quote -paraphrasing the author of a published source

endnote

a note at the end of the document or section that is used to cite references or to give more information

in-text citation

a note, inserted into the text of research paper that refers the reader to a source in the bibliography

summarize

give a brief statement of the main points of (something).

table of contents

located in the front and tells you units, chapters, headings, and pg numbers