Exam 18: Summarizing, Quoting, and Avoiding Plagiarism

Instructions: Identify each of the following statements as true or false. An indirect quotation is always enclosed in quotation marks.

Instructions: Below is a source followed by passage(s) from student papers. If the student has summarized, directly quoted, or indirectly quoted the source correctly, select "Correct." If you believe the source is incorrectly summarized or plagiarized, select "Incorrect." "A generation ago, it was considered rude to eat in front of others. Now, Americans eat everywhere, all day long ¾ an average of five meals a day, counting snacks. Cars have cupholders, but they arguably need trays, too. Americans eat 30 meals a year in their vehicles." ¾ Brink, Susan. "Eat This Now!" U.S. News & World Report , 28 Mar. 2005: 57. Print. Student version: Americans no longer confine themselves to eating at home. As a matter of fact, Susan Brink says that a generation ago, it was considered rude to eat in front of others. Now, though, Americans eat thirty meals a year in their vehicles.

Instructions: Below is a source followed by passage(s) from student papers. If the student has summarized, directly quoted, or indirectly quoted the source correctly, select "Correct." If you believe the source is incorrectly summarized or plagiarized, select "Incorrect." "Americans are rushing to get tucked, suctioned, tightened, and tweaked like never before. More than 8.7 million people underwent cosmetic surgery in 2003, up 33 percent from the year before, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. No longer a privilege of society wives and aging starlets, cosmetic surgery has gone mainstream, available to almost anyone with a credit card and some vacation time." ¾ Shute, Nancy. "Makeover Nation." U.S. News & World Report 31 May 2004: 52. Print. Student version: Over the past several years, the number of people getting cosmetic surgery has dramatically increased. As Nancy Shute puts it, "Americans are rushing to get tucked, suctioned, tightened, and tweaked like never before" (52).

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct answer for each blank. A ____ rewords information in an original source using the writer's own words.

Instructions: Below is a source followed by passage(s) from student papers. If the student has summarized, directly quoted, or indirectly quoted the source correctly, select "Correct." If you believe the source is incorrectly summarized or plagiarized, select "Incorrect." "Americans are rushing to get tucked, suctioned, tightened, and tweaked like never before. More than 8.7 million people underwent cosmetic surgery in 2003, up 33 percent from the year before, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. No longer a privilege of society wives and aging starlets, cosmetic surgery has gone mainstream, available to almost anyone with a credit card and some vacation time." ¾ Shute, Nancy. "Makeover Nation." U.S. News & World Report 31 May 2004: 52. Print. Student version: In America, having cosmetic surgery has become widely accepted. Over 8.7 million people went under the knife in 2003, a 33 percent increase from the year before. And it's not just "society wives and aging starlets" who are paying to change their looks, but all kinds of people.

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct answer for each of the following questions. Which of the following should appear in both a direct quotation and an indirect quotation?

Instructions: Below is a source followed by passage(s) from student papers. If the student has summarized, directly quoted, or indirectly quoted the source correctly, select "Correct." If you believe the source is incorrectly summarized or plagiarized, select "Incorrect." "Human communication depends largely on signs in the form of written or spoken words, images, or gestures. These symbols are conscious and explicit representations of reality ¾ of objects, actions, and concepts in the world around us. But there is another aspect of symbolism that is equally important though less explicit: the side that relates to our inner psychological and spiritual world. Within this inner world, a symbol can represent some deep intuitive wisdom that eludes direct expression." ¾ Fontana, David. The Secret Language of Symbols . San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1993: 9-10. Print. Student version: David Fontana says that symbols serve two important purposes. They function as signs that help us communicate with one another, and they also help us understand inner wisdom that is difficult to express. Fontana claims that this second purpose is as important as the first, but I'm not sure I agree. Symbols seem much more critical as a communication tool (9-10).

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct answer for each blank. A ____ is the main idea and supporting points of a longer work, presented in the writer's own words.

Instructions: Below is a source followed by passage(s) from student papers. If the student has summarized, directly quoted, or indirectly quoted the source correctly, select "Correct." If you believe the source is incorrectly summarized or plagiarized, select "Incorrect." "In May, scientists in the Gulf of Mexico began tracking plumes of methane and oil droplets drifting up to 30 miles from the broken [BP oil] well, at depths of 3,000 to 4,000 feet. One of those scientists was University of Georgia biogeochemist Mandy Joye, who has spent years studying hydrocarbon vents and brine seeps in the deep Gulf. She found a plume the size of Manhattan, and its methane levels were highest she had ever measured in the Gulf. As bacteria feast on spilled oil and methane, they deplete the water of oxygen; at one point Joy found oxygen levels dangerously low for life a water layer 600 feet thick, at depths where fish usually live. Since waters in the deep Gulf mix very slowly, she said, such depleted zones could persist for decades." ¾ Bourne, Joel. "The Gulf of Oil: The Deep Dilemma." Green . Boston: Wadsworth, 2013. 100-112. Print. Student version: The 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico from one of the BP Oil Company's wells was one of the most environmentally damaging spills in the history of oil drilling. Bourne says that, according to one University of Georgia scientist, huge columns of oil and methane in the Gulf have already led to depleted oxygen supplies in the water. As a result, vast areas once home to fish may be unable to support life for years to come. (110-111).

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct answer for each of the following questions. Which of the following belongs in a summary?

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct answer for each of the following question(s). Which of the following is not a characteristic of a good summary?

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct answer for each of the following question(s). A sentence that provides someone else's exact words is called a(n)

Instructions: Below is a source followed by passage(s) from student papers. If the student has summarized, directly quoted, or indirectly quoted the source correctly, select "Correct." If you believe the source is incorrectly summarized or plagiarized, select "Incorrect." "In May, scientists in the Gulf of Mexico began tracking plumes of methane and oil droplets drifting up to 30 miles from the broken [BP oil] well, at depths of 3,000 to 4,000 feet. One of those scientists was University of Georgia biogeochemist Mandy Joye, who has spent years studying hydrocarbon vents and brine seeps in the deep Gulf. She found a plume the size of Manhattan, and its methane levels were highest she had ever measured in the Gulf. As bacteria feast on spilled oil and methane, they deplete the water of oxygen; at one point Joy found oxygen levels dangerously low for life a water layer 600 feet thick, at depths where fish usually live. Since waters in the deep Gulf mix very slowly, she said, such depleted zones could persist for decades." ¾ Bourne, Joel. "The Gulf of Oil: The Deep Dilemma." Green . Boston: Wadsworth, 2013. 100-112. Print. Student version: The BP Oil Company's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico was environmentally destructive. According to Joel Bourne, University of Georgia biogeochemist Mandy Joye found a plume the size of Manhattan, and its methane levels were highest she had ever measured in the Gulf. As bacteria feast on spilled oil and methane, they deplete the water of oxygen; at one point Joy found oxygen levels dangerously low for life a water layer 600 feet thick, at depths where fish usually live (110-111).

Instructions: Below is a source followed by passage(s) from student papers. If the student has summarized, directly quoted, or indirectly quoted the source correctly, select "Correct." If you believe the source is incorrectly summarized or plagiarized, select "Incorrect." "Insomnia is defined as difficulty getting to sleep, maintaining sleep, or having nonrestorative sleep for at least one month, which causes clinically significant distress in social, occupational, or other areas of functioning. Excessive daytime sleepiness is a very common result of insomnia and may impair cognitive functioning and alertness, performance at work, and enjoyment of family and recreational activities." ¾ David Sue et al. Understanding Abnormal Behavior . 8th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006: 549. Print. Student version: Insomnia causes a number of serious problems. According to David Sue, insomnia is responsible for clinically significant distress in social, occupational, or other areas of functioning. It also results in excessive daytime sleepiness, which may impair cognitive functioning and alertness and performance at work (549).

Instructions: Below is a source followed by passage(s) from student papers. If the student has summarized, directly quoted, or indirectly quoted the source correctly, select "Correct." If you believe the source is incorrectly summarized or plagiarized, select "Incorrect." "A generation ago, it was considered rude to eat in front of others. Now, Americans eat everywhere, all day long ¾ an average of five meals a day, counting snacks. Cars have cupholders, but they arguably need trays, too. Americans eat 30 meals a year in their vehicles." ¾ Brink, Susan. "Eat This Now!" U.S. News & World Report , 28 Mar. 2005: 57. Print. Student version: According to Susan Brink, eating in front of others was once believed to be rude, but now Americans are in the habit of eating wherever they go. She suggests that cars need trays as well as cupholders, but I think that's a bad idea. Eating while driving is really quite dangerous. It distracts the driver's attention and leads to accidents; therefore, people should wait to eat until they get home (57).

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct answer for each blank. ____ begin with the word that and give the meaning of an authors' words without using quotation marks.

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct answer for each of the following questions. The main idea and supporting points of a longer work, presented in the writer's own words, is called

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct answer for each of the following question(s). Failing to give proper credit to an author whose words or ideas you have used is called

Instructions: Below is a source followed by passage(s) from student papers. If the student has summarized, directly quoted, or indirectly quoted the source correctly, select "Correct." If you believe the source is incorrectly summarized or plagiarized, select "Incorrect." "In May, scientists in the Gulf of Mexico began tracking plumes of methane and oil droplets drifting up to 30 miles from the broken [BP oil] well, at depths of 3,000 to 4,000 feet. One of those scientists was University of Georgia biogeochemist Mandy Joye, who has spent years studying hydrocarbon vents and brine seeps in the deep Gulf. She found a plume the size of Manhattan, and its methane levels were highest she had ever measured in the Gulf. As bacteria feast on spilled oil and methane, they deplete the water of oxygen; at one point Joy found oxygen levels dangerously low for life a water layer 600 feet thick, at depths where fish usually live. Since waters in the deep Gulf mix very slowly, she said, such depleted zones could persist for decades." ¾ Bourne, Joel. "The Gulf of Oil: The Deep Dilemma." Green . Boston: Wadsworth, 2013. 100-112. Print. Student version: I think that America should still be boycotting the BP Oil Company over its disastrous 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Scientists say that the damage caused by this spill may deprive the Gulf waters of oxygen for decades, making large areas uninhabitable for fish. It is absolutely outrageous that people are still pulling up to BP gas stations to fill up their tanks. Instead, we should refuse to buy their fuel (110-111).

Instructions: Below is a source followed by passage(s) from student papers. If the student has summarized, directly quoted, or indirectly quoted the source correctly, select "Correct." If you believe the source is incorrectly summarized or plagiarized, select "Incorrect." "Insomnia is defined as difficulty getting to sleep, maintaining sleep, or having nonrestorative sleep for at least one month, which causes clinically significant distress in social, occupational, or other areas of functioning. Excessive daytime sleepiness is a very common result of insomnia and may impair cognitive functioning and alertness, performance at work, and enjoyment of family and recreational activities." ¾ David Sue et al. Understanding Abnormal Behavior . 8th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006: 549. Print. Student version: Prolonged insomnia can have some serious negative consequences. David Sue says that insomnia impacts all areas of a person's life, including work and relationships. Often, a sufferer will not be able to think clearly, do his or her job, or have fun with family members and friends (549).