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Common Knowledge and Paraphrasing
Common Knowledge and Paraphrasing
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A quiz to test your knowledge of common knowledge and paraphrasing
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1
Which of the following does NOT represent common knowledge:
6.1 million people were killed during the Holocaust.
The first battle of the Civil War was Fort Sumter.
Precipitation in the form of small balls is known as hail.
Barack Obama is the President of the United States
2
What is the name of the skill that puts someone else's ideas into my own words
Quoting
Copying
Researching
Paraphrasing
3
When must you use parenthetical (in-text) citation?
All of the above
Direct quotations
Summaries of someone else's ideas
Paraphrases of someone else's ideas
4
Ebook articles count as one of your print sources
False
True
5
Which of the following is the correct paraphrase of the quote below:
The highest level of discussion focuses on ideas.
Small people have great minds
Eleanor Roosevelt thought most people are stupid.
People have great minds, people are average
6
Statistics or numerical evidence is an example of common knowledge
True
False
7
Which statement backs up my argument the best and shows that I know what I'm talking about:
Hitler was a bad man.
Historian Al Smith states Hitler was a "calculating despot"
8
I have to use a direct quote in order to show a source's opinion
False
True
9
In order to paraphrase correctly I must:
cite my source
all of the above
express the main idea
use different wording
10
How do you cite an ebook?
non of the above
Cite it like a database (GVRL is the name of the database)
Cite it like a print book.
I don't have to cite it.
