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Week 1: Plagiarism
Week 1: Plagiarism Assessment
Question | Answer |
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Try to paraphrase more than you directly quote—paraphrasing allows you to use your own writing voice and provide appropriate context for information. | True |
You need a citation for this statement: The Success automobile was built in Missouri in 1906. | True |
When you cite, you must always provide appropriate credit in the text and reference list. | True |
Which of the following are the correct parenthetical citations for one author, two author, and more than two authors? | (Luna, 2020) (Salas & D’Agostino, 2020) (Martin et al., 2020) |
The references at the end of your paper should appear | in alphabetical order by authors’ surname or by title (if there is no author), regardless of type of reference (book, film journal article, website, etc.). |
Is it plagiarism? Copying a diagram from a website and including it in your paper with a citation underneath. | No |
In parenthetical citations, the author and year appear in parentheses. In narrative citations, the author appears as part of the sentence, followed by the year in parentheses. | True |
To paraphrase, use either a parenthetical or narrative citation format. This is the correct narrative format: As discussed by Redford (2019), personality develops over the lifespan. | True |
To paraphrase, use either a parenthetical or narrative citation format. This is a correct parenthetical format: Personality develops over the lifespan (Redford, 2019). | True |
Is it plagiarism? Taking a large block of text from a source, changing one or two words, and putting it in your paper with a citation (without quotation marks). | Yes. |
You need a citation for this statement: Doris Kearns Goodwin has shown that Abraham Lincoln was skillful at managing politicians with opposing points of view. | True |
Is it plagiarism? Taking information from an outside source and presenting it as your own. | Yes |
Decide if the statement below is true or false. The act of plagiarism can include copying pictures as well as text. | True |
Whenever you use the ___________________of other researchers, you must provide appropriate citations. | words, ideas, or images |
I'm an international student. The rules about plagiarism are different in my country, so I will NOT have to follow the rules for citing sources in the United States. | False |
If I write a paper for one course, it's OK to submit the same paper for a different course as long as it's my own writing. | False |
You're allowed to copy anything that's in Wikipedia without citing it because it's an online encyclopedia. | False |
It's fine to copy anything that is on the internet as long as it's open and freely available. I don't have to cite. | False |
To format a long quotation (40 words or more), place the quotation as a freestanding block of text (block quotation). | True |
It's OK to pay another student or company to write your paper as long as you pay a fair amount. | False |
Which of the following questions in an example of a short quotation using the correct parenthetical format? | Personality traits are thought to be “relatively stable across the lifespan” (Redford, 2019, p. 25). |
Is it plagiarism? Making use of the works of others to support your own ideas, but not using citations. | Yes |
You can never cite a source if it appears on the World Wide Web. It's only OK to cite sources from printed books and journals. | False |
Identify the correct parenthetical citation for a quote from page one hundred and three from this source: Keaveney, S. (2004). When MTV goes CEO. In D. Brundage & M. Lahey (Eds.), Acting on words (pp. 99-103). Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Pearson | According to Keaveney (2004), “Before mid-millennium, Gen Xers will be the CEOs of the future” (p. 103). |
Identify the correct parenthetical citation for a quote that comes from page seven in this book: Tannen, D. (1998). The argument culture. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Random House. | Every issue we see discussed on television appears to be set up as an argument: “In the argument culture, criticism, attack, or opposition are the predominant if not the only ways of responding to people or ideas” (Tannen, 1998, p. 7). |
You need a citation for this statement: World War II ended in 1945. | False |
Which is the correct format for citing work by two authors? | Research by Wagner and Petty (2004) found that nurses are better than doctors |
To find out how to cite books vs. journal articles vs. websites vs. youtube videos vs. any other resource in APA format, I can: | Any of the above options will work |
Is it plagiarism? Making use of the works of others to support your own ideas, but not using citations. | Yes |