Unit 4: Writing from Sources (Paraphrasing)

Question 1

Copying and pasting text from an online source
without proper citation.

Submitting someone’s essay as your own.

Using your friend’s PowerPoint presentation
without attribution.

Using data, charts, or graphs from a research
paper or study without proper acknowledgment.

Reusing your own previous work without permission or citation.

Answer 1

Plagiarism

Question 2

is a restatement of a text,
passage, or work and to give the meaning in another form.

Answer 2

Paraphrasing

Question 3

● relays the information from the source text
in your own words
● retains the thought of the original text

Answer 3

Characteristics of a Good Paraphrase

Question 4

● Change of parts of speech
● Synonym replacement
● Change of numbers and
percentages
● Change of structure

Answer 4

Techniques in paraphrasing

Question 5

Changing a part of speech allows writers to replace words with a new part of speech, such as a noun with a verb or an adjective with an adverb.

Answer 5

Change of Parts of Speech

Question 6

Using synonyms allows writers to use words that are different from the original text with the same or similar meanings in the paraphrased text.

Answer 6

Synonym Replacement

Question 7

Instead of using numbers and percentages, they can be represented in other ways.

The numbers and percentages should be accurate, but may also be closely related to one
another.

Answer 7

Changing Numbers and Percentages in Different Forms

Question 8

The structure of the sentence is changed to reflect the writer’s interpretation of the source text

Answer 8

Change of Structure

Question 9

claiming ownership of material that is not your own

Answer 9

Plagiarism

Question 10

Word-for-Word or verbatim Plagiarism
Word Order Plagiarism
Idea Plagiarism
Self-Plagiarism

Answer 10

Types of Plagiarism

Question 11

also known as “copy-paste plagiarism”

Answer 11

Word-for-Word or Verbatim
Plagiarism

Question 12

happens when a researcher copies another person’s work word-for-word or verbatim without proper citation of the author(s)

Answer 12

Word-for-Word or Verbatim
Plagiarism

Question 13

happens when a writer changes some of the words of the author(s) by looking at the words and replacing or rearranging them
to make the text look as if it were
their own

Answer 13

Word Order Plagiarism

Question 14

happens when a writer paraphrases the work of another in his or her own writing but does not properly cite or attribute the idea to the author(s)

Answer 14

Idea Plagiarism

Question 15

means reusing work that you have already published or submitted for a class. It misleads your readers by presenting previous work as completely new and original.

Answer 15

Self-plagiarism