Chapters 17 & 18 Evergreen

1. 1. Failing to give proper credit to an author whose words or ideas you have used is called

• summarizing.

• plagiarism.

• paraphrasing.

2. 2. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a good summary?

• It includes the author, title, and source of the original.

• It's shorter than the original.

• It includes your opinions about the ideas in the original source.

3. 3. A sentence that provides someone else's exact words is called a(n)

• paraphrase.

• direct quotation.

• indirect quotation.

4. 4. The main idea and supporting points of a longer work, presented in the writer's own words, is called

• a direct quotation.

• a summary.

• plagiarism.

5. 5. Another word for plagiarism is

• summarizing

• quoting.

• stealing

6. 6. Which of the following does not involve paraphrasing?

• writing a summary

• giving a direct quotation

• giving an indirect quotation

7. 7. Which of the following belongs in a summary?

• the summary writer's personal opinions

• the author, title, and source of the original

• related ideas that were not in the original source

8. 8. Which of the following should appear in both a direct quotation and an indirect quotation?

• the name of the writer and a reference to the source

• quotation marks

• the word that

9. 9. True or false: The words plagiarism and paraphrasing mean the same thing.

• True

• False

10. 10. True or false: A summary is always shorter than the original source.

• True

• False