Paraphrasing and In-Text Citation Quiz - Cinco Delgado | Laabri

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How is paraphrasing different from summarizing?

Paraphrasing and summarizing are the same thing.

Summarizing rewords a specific piece of information, but paraphrasing recaps an entire source.

Paraphrasing rewords a specific piece of information, but summarizing recaps an entire source.

Paraphrasing is punctuated with quotation marks, but summarizing is not.

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Why is a source important to paraphrasing?

Sources are poems that need to be explained.

A source is not needed in order to paraphrase.

If you copy the source, you don't have to come up with your own wording.

The source is where you get your information.

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Which method of paraphrasing is the most acceptable?

Stating the essential information in a brief way that shows you understand the original.

Replacing some of the original words with synonyms.

Removing just a few words from the original and keeping the rest.

Changing the order of words from the original.

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Which of these must you remember to do when paraphrasing?

Italicize the paraphrased information.

Use quotation marks.

Cite the source of the information.

Use the exact same words as your source.

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Which of these is a benefit of paraphrasing?

Paraphrasing a source lends credibility to your writing.

Paraphrasing a source makes your writing longer.

You don't have to cite the source when you paraphrase.

Paraphrasing is easier than directly quoting a source.

Read through the following document. You will use it to answer the questions that follow.

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Which of the following is NOT an example of correct MLA citation? (Assume that for all examples, the page numbers are correct)

Jones describes him as 'impatient' (Men and Dogs 46).

Jones describes him as 'impatient' (46).

Jones (2014) describes him as 'impatient' (p. 46).

One historian describes him as 'impatient' (Jones 46).

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When Citing A Web Page or Article on a Web Page, If you have the author's name, then cite the author's name in the in-text citation by itself, since obviously you do not have a page number. If the information has no identified author, then use an abbreviated title of the web page corresponding to the title you will use on the Works Cited page to identify the web site?

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If you use a citation, it must be included in the _________?

Endnotes

Parenthetical References

Cover Page

Works Cited

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If you are using an author's exact words, what must you use in the in-text citation?

Page number

Author's name and page number

Author's name

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Why are transitional phrases important in an essay?

They show that you are moving on to something else?

They show that you are a skilled writer.

They help the reader fill in the blanks

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What is one way to cite a source without an author?

Make up a source

Use the title of the work

Use the information without a citation

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What side of the paper does the author's name, instructor, class period, and date go on in MLA formating?

Right

Center

Left

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When is the date the information was accessed in MLA formatting?

When there is no date provided for when the information was posted.

When there is no date provided for when the information was posted or if the information has been altered or changed.

When the website is older than three years.

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What is plagiarism?

When you mistype the source

When the paper does not have a thesis statement

When you do not give credit to the author

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What is the last thing you want to do after finishing your conclusion?

Restate your thesis

Summarize your main points

Edit, edit, edit again.

Introduce new topics

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The Works Cited page must be on new page?

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What spacing is the entire essay?

Single

Double and a half

Double

Triple