Exam 18: Summarizing, Quoting, and Avoiding Plagiarism

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct answer for each of the following questions. Another word for plagiarism is

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 the answer "Correct." If you believe the source is incorrectly summarized or plagiarized, select the answer "Incorrect." "So why should we care about population growth in the world, in China, in the United States, or anywhere else? The primary reason is that each of us depends on the earth's life-support systems to meet our basic needs for air, water, food, land, shelter, and energy as well as our needs for a number of other natural resources that we use to produce an incredible variety of manufactured goods.As our population grows and incomes rise, we use more of the earth's natural resources to satisfy our growing wants, and this increases our ecological footprints. The result can be degradation and depletion of the natural capital that keeps us alive and supports our lifestyles and economies." ¾ Miller, G. Tyler, and Scott E. Spoolman. Environmental Science. 14th ed. Belmont: Brooks/Cole, 2013. Print. Page 94. Student version: Population growth should matter to us all because it threatens our lifestyles and economies. According to the book Environmental Science , we have to remember that we depend on the earth's life-support systems to meet our basic needs, and population growth causes degradation and depletion of the natural capital that keeps us alive.

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: Symbols have two important functions. David Fontana says that they help humans communicate with another, and they also stand for the ideas and knowledge within us that are not always easy to express (9-10).

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: Symbols serve two purposes, according to David Fontana. They are, on the one hand, conscious and explicit representations of reality ¾ of objects, actions, and concepts in the world around us. On the other hand, they can represent some deep intuitive wisdom that eludes direct expression (9-10).

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct answer for each blank. ____ provide writers' exact words inside quotation marks.

Instructions: Identify each of the following statements as true or false. The words plagiarism and paraphrasing mean the same thing.

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 the answer "Correct." If you believe the source is incorrectly summarized or plagiarized, select the answer "Incorrect." "So why should we care about population growth in the world, in China, in the United States, or anywhere else? The primary reason is that each of us depends on the earth's life-support systems to meet our basic needs for air, water, food, land, shelter, and energy as well as our needs for a number of other natural resources that we use to produce an incredible variety of manufactured goods.As our population grows and incomes rise, we use more of the earth's natural resources to satisfy our growing wants, and this increases our ecological footprints. The result can be degradation and depletion of the natural capital that keeps us alive and supports our lifestyles and economies." ¾ Miller, G. Tyler, and Scott E. Spoolman. Environmental Science. 14th ed. Belmont: Brooks/Cole, 2013. Print. Page 94. Student version: Population growth should concern everyone because of its potentially harmful effects. According to Miller and Spoolman, larger numbers of people consume a larger amount of the natural resources that are necessary for everyone's survival. If a growing population uses up or damages these natural resources, everyone's quality of life is threatened (94).

Instructions: Identify each of the following statements as true or false. A summary is always shorter than the original source.

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct answer for each of the following questions. Which of the following does not involve paraphrasing?

Instructions: Select the letter of the correct answer for each blank. ____ is failing to give proper credit to an author whose words or ideas you have used.