Eng comp I
Some of the questions that follow are true-false or multiple choice questions, and some require you to write short answers.
Before writing a summary, you may want to preview the work by ______________.
- gaining a quick overview of the article by reading the introduction and conclusion
- considering ways in which the title condenses the article’s meaning
- note any words that have been emphasized with italic or boldface type
- all of the these
FILL-IN: Reporting information in your own words and style without condensing it is called ______________.
TRUE or FALSE: _____ If you borrow only a single sentence (without proper attribution) it is not plagiarism.
Which of the following is not an effective way to avoid plagiarism?
- Read the information, set it aside, and then try to explain it in your own words and style.
- Use an online thesaurus to change most of the words in a found passage.
- Once you’ve written a paraphrase, compare your words and sentence structure to those of the original.
- Credit the original source with an in-text citation.
TRUE or FALSE: _____ A summary is also referred to as a précis or abstract.
TRUE or FALSE: _____ It is a good idea to insert your own ideas and opinions into any summary you write.
TRUE or FALSE: _____Simply changing one or two words from the original is not a paraphrase.
FILL-IN: If you omit the irrelevant words in a quotation, you must show the omission by including _____________ in place of the deleted words.
Which of the following is not an effective strategy for writing summary?
- Preserve the balance and proportion of the original work.
- Periodically refer to the author or article to emphasize that this is a summary.
- Include three or more quotations from the text in each paragraph of summary.
- Express the main points and key details in your own words.
TRUE or FALSE: ______ If you want to use a quotation that is longer than four lines, you should block the quotation, indenting it by an extra margin.
