Exam 18: Summarizing Quoting and Avoiding Plagiarism

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." ⎯ 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).

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

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)

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." ⎯ 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.

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." ⎯ 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).

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

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

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 ⎯ 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." ⎯ 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.

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 ⎯ 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." ⎯ 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).

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." ⎯ 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).