Plagiarism & MLA Citations Quiz

Verbatim means...

• word-for-word or using exact words.

• an action verb is used

• including a myth about bats

• paraphrased information

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

In-text citations must be included...

• in the margins of your paper.

• within your writing.

• only in your bibliography.

• at the top of the essay

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2

Taking what someone else has written or said and putting it into your own words is called...

• parenthesis

• verbatim

• in-text citation

• paraphrasing

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Which example shows the correct use of in-text citation?

• J.K. Rowling once lived in a cramped apartment with her daughter, jobless and penniless (Gillett 17).

• J.K. Rowling once lived in a cramped apartment with her daughter, jobless and penniless. (Gillett 17)

• J.K. Rowling once lived in a cramped apartment with her daughter, jobless and penniless (Gillett, pg. 17).

• J.K. Rowling once lived in a cramped apartment with her daughter, jobless and penniless "Gillett 17".

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.5.2

^{TRUE OR FALSE?}

If you are using a source word for word in your paper, you must put quotation marks around the words.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

The list of sources (books, Websites, articles, etc.) you use for researching your topic is called the...

• paraphrase or bibliography

• bibliography or works cited

• quotation marks or bibliogrqphy

• verbatim

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

In-text Citation:

Which TWO pieces of information are placed inside of the parentheses?

• the period

• author's first name

• author's last name

• page number

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

Using another person's words or ideas without giving them credit is called...

• citation

• paraphrase

• plagiarism

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

^{True or False?}

PLAGIARISM is where you take someone else's words from a book, website, or other resource and pass them off as your own words.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Your teacher or a parent can catch you plagiarizing simply by using Google search.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2B