Week 10 — Quiz (auto-graded) · Integrating Sources: Quoting, Paraphrasing & Avoiding Plagiarism

Course: English Composition (ENGL 1A) · Silver Oak University (fictional sample) · Prof. Lindgren
Objective tested: Objective 5 — quoting, paraphrasing, summarizing, and integrating sources without plagiarizing.
Points: 10 (1 each) · Assignment group: Quizzes (10% of grade) · Due: end of Module 10. AI is not permitted on quizzes.

This is the human-readable quiz with its vetted answer key and feedback. The import-ready Classic QTI is in F-quiz-week-10-qti.xml (generated by a validated script — parses with 10 items, every single-answer item exactly one correct). The Canvas placement block is at the bottom of this file. No free-response items — all auto-gradable (MC / multiple-answer / matching / true-false).
Source-integrity note: every passage in this quiz is the instructor's own illustration — most attributed to no one, and where a source is named it is the course's clearly-labeled sample source (Holloway, "The Attention Economy and the Student Reader," a fictional article). No real author's words are quoted or paraphrased, so there is nothing to mis-quote or misattribute. The acceptable-vs-plagiarized paraphrase options below are genuinely correct contrasts.

The sample source these items refer to

SAMPLE SOURCE (written for this course; not a real publication). Holloway, "The Attention Economy and the Student Reader," Riverbend Review, 2021, p. 14.
Original sentence: "When a notification interrupts a reader every few minutes, the mind never settles into the slow, sustained focus that deep comprehension requires, and the habit of skimming gradually replaces the habit of reading."

Blueprint

No trick questions; distractors target the Week 10 misconceptions named in the lecture outline (patchwriting-as-paraphrase; cite-quotes-only; over-quoting).

Questions, key, and feedback

Q1 (MC). Which way of using a source uses its exact words, placed inside quotation marks and copied word-for-word from the real text?
- A. A quotation ✅
- B. A paraphrase
- C. A summary
- D. A signal phrase
Feedback: A quotation reproduces the source's wording exactly, in quotation marks. A paraphrase and a summary put the source into your words; a signal phrase only introduces the source.

Q2 (MC). You want to give your reader the main point of a whole multi-paragraph section in just a sentence or two of your own. The best move is —
- A. a direct quotation of the whole section
- B. a paraphrase of every sentence
- C. a summary ✅
- D. patchwriting
Feedback: A summary condenses a longer passage to its main idea(s), much shorter than the original, in your words. (A paraphrase restates one passage at about its original length; quoting the whole section would be over-quoting.)

Q3 (MC). In source integration, a signal phrase (e.g., "According to Holloway…," "Holloway argues that…") mainly —
- A. tells the reader whose idea or words are coming, before they arrive, and credits the source ✅
- B. makes the sentence longer so the paragraph looks fuller
- C. removes the need to cite the source
- D. proves the writer used big vocabulary
Feedback: A signal phrase hands off the source up front — naming who said it and framing how to read it. It supports attribution; it does not replace a citation, and it isn't padding.

Q4 (MC). Patchwriting is —
- A. quoting a source accurately, in quotation marks, with a citation
- B. summarizing a long article in your own words and citing it
- C. keeping a source's sentence structure and swapping in a few synonyms, then calling it a paraphrase ✅
- D. writing a paragraph entirely from your own ideas
Feedback: Patchwriting keeps the source's sentence and just patches in new words. It is a form of plagiarism, even with a citation, because the structure and wording are still the source's. A real paraphrase changes the words and the structure.

Q5 (Matching). Match each technique to its description.
| Technique | Correct description |
|---|---|
| Quotation | The source's exact words, in quotation marks, copied word-for-word |
| Paraphrase | One passage restated in your own words and your own sentence structure, with a citation |
| Summary | A longer passage condensed to its main point(s), in your words, with a citation |
| Signal phrase | The lead-in that names the source before its words or idea appear |
Feedback: Quotation = exact words; paraphrase = one passage rebuilt in your words/structure; summary = the gist of a longer passage; signal phrase = the introduction ("According to…"). Watch the classic mix-up: paraphrase (one passage, ~same length) vs. summary (longer passage → much shorter).

Q6 (MC). Here is the sample-source sentence: "When a notification interrupts a reader every few minutes, the mind never settles into the slow, sustained focus that deep comprehension requires, and the habit of skimming gradually replaces the habit of reading" (Holloway 14). Which of the following is an acceptable paraphrase?
- A. "When a notification disrupts a reader every few minutes, the brain never settles into the slow, steady focus that deep understanding requires, and the practice of skimming slowly replaces the practice of reading" (Holloway 14).
- B. Holloway argues that frequent digital interruptions keep students from the deep focus real understanding requires, so they gradually skim instead of read (14). ✅
- C. The mind never settles into the slow, sustained focus that deep comprehension requires (Holloway 14).
- D. Notifications are bad for students and ruin their attention spans.
Feedback: B rebuilds the structure and uses the writer's own words, keeps the meaning, and credits Holloway — a real paraphrase. A is patchwriting (same sentence, synonyms swapped) — plagiarism even with the citation. C copies the source's exact words without quotation marks (that's plagiarism, not a paraphrase). D distorts the meaning and adds no attribution.

Q7 (MC). You restate one of Holloway's ideas fully in your own words and structure, but you do not name or cite her. This is —
- A. fine, because you didn't use a direct quotation
- B. fine, because the words are now yours
- C. plagiarism — a paraphrased idea still needs attribution ✅
- D. fine, as long as it's only one sentence
Feedback: You credit the idea, not just the words. A paraphrase (and a summary) borrows someone's thinking, so it needs a citation. Only common knowledge (widely known, undisputed facts) can go uncited — and when unsure, cite.

Q8 (True / False). "Changing a few words of a source's sentence to synonyms — while keeping its sentence structure — turns it into an acceptable paraphrase."
- True
- False ✅
Feedback: False. That's patchwriting, which is plagiarism. A genuine paraphrase changes the words and the sentence structure and credits the source. (This paraphrase-vs-patchwriting line is the highest-value idea of the week.)

Q9 (MC). Why is filling a paper with lots of direct quotations usually a weakness, not a sign of strong research?
- A. Quotations are never allowed in college writing
- B. Over-quoting hides the writer's own thinking — graders want your analysis, with sources in support ✅
- C. Quotations don't need to be cited, so they look lazy
- D. Paraphrasing is against MLA rules
Feedback: Over-quoting strings together other people's sentences and crowds out your ideas. Default to paraphrase and summary, and quote only when the exact words earn their place — short quote, long analysis. (Quotations are allowed and do need citing; paraphrasing is fully permitted.)

Q10 (Multiple answer — select all that apply). Which of the following are plagiarism?
- A. Taking a source's sentence and swapping in a few synonyms while keeping its structure (patchwriting), even with a citation ✅
- B. Restating a source's idea in your own words but giving no attribution at all ✅
- C. Quoting a source's exact words in quotation marks, with a signal phrase and a citation
- D. Pasting a "quotation" a chatbot gave you, attributed to a source, without verifying it exists ✅
- E. Writing a sentence of widely known common knowledge (e.g., "the U.S. has 50 states") without a citation
Feedback: A, B, and D are plagiarism: patchwriting (A) borrows the source's structure; an uncited paraphrase (B) steals the idea; an unverified AI "quotation" (D) may be fabricated or misattributed — and you're responsible for it. C is correct, honest quoting. E is permitted because true common knowledge needs no citation.

Answer key (quick reference)

Quality gate (self-checked): each single-answer item (Q1–Q4, Q6, Q7, Q9, and the T/F Q8) has exactly one correct option; the multiple-answer item (Q10) keys A, B, D (and requires C and E left unselected); the matching item (Q5) pairs four techniques to four distinct descriptions one-to-one. The acceptable-vs-plagiarized paraphrase contrast in Q6 is genuinely correct — option B changes both wording and sentence structure and cites; option A is true patchwriting (same structure, synonyms swapped); option C is the source's exact words without quotation marks. No real author's words appear anywhere in this quiz; the only named source is the course's clearly-labeled fictional sample (Holloway), so there is nothing to mis-quote or misattribute, and no source/citation is fabricated. No computation in this quiz. No free-response items. Citation-integrity + correct-conventions gate: PASS.

Item-bank entries (for variants + the midterm/final)

All ten items are tagged course=ENGL1A · week=10 · objective=5 · topic=integrating-sources-quote-paraphrase-plagiarism and deposited in Item Bank: Week 10 — Integrating Sources (Quoting, Paraphrasing & Avoiding Plagiarism). The final (Week 16) and the per-term variant updates draw fresh items from this bank. (Tags: q1 quotation-defined, q2 when-summary, q3 signal-phrase, q4 patchwriting-defined, q5 technique-definition-match, q6 acceptable-paraphrase, q7 attribute-ideas, q8 few-words-not-paraphrase, q9 over-quoting, q10 plagiarism-multi.)

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