Dr. Higgins’ Study Guide to

Documentation Quiz

1. If you commit “unintentional plagiarism,” does it mean you “cheated”? What does it mean? (no J I didn’t understand something)

2. What are the basic principles to remember with regard to unintentional plagiarism? What happens if I forget these? (put citations on all quotes & all paraphrases; quote exactly & use quotation marks; use my own words & sentence structures when paraphrasing J I will be guilty of plagiarism)

3. What is a parenthetical citation (sometimes referred to by Dr. H as a “citation”)? Where do you use it in the Research Portfolio? (tells the reader where I got the quote or paraphrase; the Research Paper)

4. What is a summary? Where will you use it in your Research Portfolio? (a brief sum up of material J in the Overview & Annotated Bibliography)

5. What is a paraphrase? Where will you use it in your Research Portfolio? (my rewording of source J in the Research Paper)

6. What is a quote? Where will you use it in your Research Portfolio? (exact copy of source with quotation marks on it J in the Research Paper)

7. What is a partial quote? What must you remember if you use a partial quote in academic writing? (when you don’t quote every word of the source J be fair to the source)

8. If you do leave something out of a quote, what must you do? What do you do if you add something to the quote, like an editorial comment or a change in verb tense? (use the ellipsis J use brackets)

9. What is a “floater”? What are the two ways to anchor a quote? (a quote that is simply stuck in my paper that I didn’t anchor with at least one of my own words and /or that I didn’t blend in with what I was saying at the time J by introducing them with a signal phrase or by blending them into my sentence)

10. What else “extra” will be on our quotes and paraphrases? (highlight)

11. The name or article title of the source in a parenthetical citation should match up with ________________ in our Portfolio. (the Annotated Bibliography)

12. The highlight on the quotes and paraphrases in our papers should match up with _____________________________________________________________________. (highlight on the quotes and paraphrases in the sources)

13. The entries on our Annotated Bibliography __________________________ ________________________. (sum up & then evaluate the sources)

14. Dr. Higgins wants me to do _______ on my Research Portfolio, and she is ______ to look at it before it is due.