Writing Guide Team Scholarship Quiz 2 Study Guide

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Which of the following is not considered when determining fair use?

Which of the following sites provide free or cheap images that can be used without copyright violation?

The __________ contains relevant but complex sections that can inform teachers and students making a decision about fair use and copyright laws.

Anyone making decisions about using multimedia in a class project should first consult __________.

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Plagiarism is the uncredited use (both intentional and unintentional) of somebody else’s __________ or __________.

__________ can have severe consequences, including expulsion from a university or loss of a job, not to mention a writer’s loss of credibility and professional standing.

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All of the following actions can almost unquestionably be labeled plagiarism EXCEPT __________.

• writing up your own results obtained through a lab experiment
• buying a paper
• copying an entire article from the Web
• hiring someone to write your paper for you

The key to avoiding __________ is to make sure you give credit where it is due.

Which of the following would need to be credited or documented?

When you are using “common knowledge,” things like common sense observations and historical events

• When you use your own artwork, digital photographs, video, audio, etc
• Writing your own lived experiences
• When you reprint any diagrams, illustrations, charts, pictures, or other visual materials

Which of the following would NOT need to be credited or documented?

• Words or ideas presented in a magazine
• When you copy the exact words or a unique phrase
• When you are using generally-accepted facts
• When you reuse or repost any electronically-available media, including images, audio, video, or other media

Generally speaking, you can regard something as __________if you find the same information undocumented in at least five credible sources.

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__________ must match the source document word for word and must be attributed to the original author.

__________ involves putting a passage from source material into your own words and then crediting the original source.

__________ involves putting the main idea(s) into your own words, including only the main point(s) and attributing those ideas to the original source.

Christopher had to write a paper on a specific Native American tribe and the night before it was due, he was scrambling to finish it. He copied a few paragraphs from a Web site that had no author and used them in his paper without citing the source. Which of the following statements best describes this situation?

• Christopher committed plagiarism because he took more than a few words from the site.
• Christopher committed plagiarism because he presented someone else’s words as his own.
• Christopher did not commit plagiarism because the Web site had no author and no once to credit.
• Christopher did not commit plagiarism because the information was taken from the internet.