Practical Research 1

Quarter 1 – Module 11:

Plagiarism and Paraphrasing
Practical Research 1 – Grade 11
Alternative Delivery Mode
Quarter 1 – Module 11: Plagiarism and Paraphrasing
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Practical Research 1
Quarter 1 – Module 11:
Plagiarism and Paraphrasing
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(ADM) Module on Plagiarism and Paraphrasing!

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 What I Need to Know

This module is designed to let the students be familiarized with the citation
styles in presenting related literature. Moreover, it prepares them to write their
related literature while providing them the skill on proper citation standards in
research.

At the end of the module, it is expected that students will imbibe this
competency:

1. cite related literature using standard style (CS_RS11-IIIf- j-2).

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 What I Know

Choose the letter of the best answer.

1. _______ Identify the correct parenthetical citation for a quote that comes from
page seven in this book:
Ramos, D. (2019). The culture of the Filipino during COVID 19 pandemic.
Manila: Random House.

a. Every issue we see discussed on the social media attested: “Filipino culture
prevails in every situation.” (Ramos, 2019, p. 7).
b. Every issue we see discussed on the social media attested: “Filipino culture
prevails in every situation.” (p. 7).
c. Every issue we see discussed on the social media attested: “Filipino culture
prevails in every situation.” (The culture of the Filipino during COVID 19
pandemic, 2019, p. 7).

2. _______ Identify the correct parenthetical citation for a quote from page one
hundred and three from this source:
Fernandez, D. V. (2004). Generation X Filipinos during COVID 19
pandemic. Mandaluyong: Pearson.
a. According to Fernandez, “Generation X Filipinos hold the remnant of the
post war Filipino culture” (103).
b. According to Fernandez, “Generation X Filipinos hold the remnant of the
post war Filipino culture (Fernandez, 2004, p. 103).
c. According to Fernandez, “Generation X Filipinos hold the remnant of the
post war Filipino culture” (Fernandez, 2004. p. 103).

3. _______ Which of the following is an example of proper APA capitalization for the
title of an authored book on the reference page?
a. Mendoza, J. (2020). The research book: Practical research tips. Quezon city:
Note publishing company.
b. Mendoza, J. (2020). The research book: Practical research tips. Quezon city:
Note Publishing Company.
c. Mendoza, J. (2020). The research book: Practical research tips. Quezon city:
Note Publishing Company.

4. _______ How should references be listed in the APA reference list?

a. In according to when they are used within the paper
b. In alphabetical order according to the author's last name
c. In alphabetical order according to publication title

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5. _______ What punctuation mark separates the date of publication to the title in
APA formatting?
a. A colon
b. A semi colon
c. A comma

Lesson
Types of Plagiarism
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Responsible writing is necessary for writing academic text (Louw, 2017). As a
novice researcher, you need to take note that you ought to be responsible for the
things that you write in your research. One of the elements in writing responsibly is
through proper citation both in-text and reference citation. Aside from it, it is
proper to list your sources on the information that you are bringing out.
Furthermore, you need to give proper credit to the author by acknowledging his or
her ideas. Nonetheless, you are avoiding plagiarism that is usually done when you
quote words or ideas created or first used by others. By doing it, your readers can
track down the sources that you utilized by citing them properly through footnotes,
bibliography, or reference list.

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 What’s In

Instruction: Could you please help Sir Dexter by identifying whether the things he
will see is a book, a thesis or dissertation, an online article, or journal articles. If
your answer is wrong, he will be slipped out in the ladder.

2 Gray, H. (2010). Graphic

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Hoseinpourfard, M. novels in the
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Chi, D., & Nguyen, X.
(2017).Paraphrasing in
academic writing: A case study
of Vietnamese learners of
English. Language Education in
Asia, 8(1), 9–24.
Hurley, D. B. (2015).
https://doi.org/10.5746/LEiA/
Importance
17/V8/I1/A02/Na of Sun, R., Merrill, E., &
DCU Library. (2017). APA style of
planning. Retrieved
citing and referencing.
Peterson, T. (2001).
from Library and Media
FANSHAWE From implicit skills to
Services. (2018). APA 6th
https://dbhurley.com/ explicit knowledge (Vol.
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importance-
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Retrieved from
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APA FAQ Citations.pdf
Hacker, D. (2010). Guide to APA In-
text citations. Retrieved from
http://www.dianahacker.com/r
esdoc/p04_c09_s1.html
Helgesson, G., & Eriksson, S. (2014).
Plagiarism in research. Medicine
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Taguchi, Care&and Philosophy,
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(2014). Technology in
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Indiana Wesleyan University. (2019).
pragmatic research and
APA 6e guide: Based on
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Publishing
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(2018). Six common types of
plagiarism.
Louw, H. (2017). Defining plagiarism:
Student and staff perceptions of
a grey concept. South African
Journal of Higher Education,
31(5), 116–135.
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Oshima, H. A. (1999). Writing
academic English. Retrieved
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Answers
1. ____________________ 3. ____________________ 5. _______________
2. ____________________ 4. ____________________

Notes to the Teacher

This module prepares the students to make their own literature
review by knowing the types of plagiarism, paraphrasing, APA 6th
edition in-text, and reference citation style in presenting written
review of literature.

What’s New

Do you have a similar experience with Nonoy? Not that a skeleton has risen
from the grave but on copying something whether intentional or unintentional from
others' work and making it as your own? We call this plagiarism. Even though this
may sound so simple, but to tell you, plagiarism is a serious academic matter
(Shahabuddin, 2003). Some call it an intellectual robbery wherein you rob others'

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work (Bahadori & Hoseinpourfard, 2012). Well, very serious isn’t it? But do not
worry, we can overcome those academic mistakes.

What is It

To properly cite your sources, you need to learn first the types of plagiarism.
Plagiarism is often committed when you use words and ideas without making credit
to the person who formulated it, making those words and ideas your own
(Sulaiman, 2018).

Types of Plagiarism:

1. Direct Plagiarism. This type of plagiarism is committed when you copy word-
for-word a section of others’ works without quotation marks (Roig, 2002).
Example
The stage of dialogue was the action of conversation. On this manner, the
incident was immediately addressed and effects were identified.
from the research titled, “The Die is Cast: Experiences of Novice Teachers in Handling Verbal Bullying Incidents
in a Middle School” written by Dexter V. Fernandez, MAED. and Arnel T. Sicat, Ph.D.

Proper way

“The stage of dialogue was the action of conversation. On this manner, the
incident was immediately addressed and effects were identified”.

2. Self-Plagiarism. This plagiarism is often committed when you mix your previous
works to come up with new article without proper citation and permission to the
teacher you previously submitted the work (Helgesson & Eriksson, 2014;
Plagiarism.org, 2011).

Example

submitted for Practical Research 1 submitted for Practical Research 1

The occurrence of verbal bullying was a The occurrence of verbal bullying

typical scenario in middle school. This was a typical scenario in middle
kind of abuse was commonly committed school. This kind of abuse was
by students towards their peers. With commonly committed by students
the literature about this matter, little
towards their peers. With the
less has been conducted about the
manner novice teachers handle verbal
literature about this matter, little
bullying incidents. less has been conducted about
the manner novice teachers
From the research titled, “The Die is Cast:
Experiences of Novice Teachers in Handling Verbal
handle verbal bullying incidents.
Bullying Incidents in a Middle School” written by
Dexter V. Fernandez, MAED. and Arnel T. Sicat, 6
Ph.D.
3. Mosaic Plagiarism. It is committed when you take phrases from a source
without using quotation marks or citation; thus, you just find synonyms to the
authors’ words while keeping the same though as it is in the original (Roka, 2017).

Original Plagiarized
The occurrence of verbal bullying The event of verbal bullying was
was a typical scenario in middle a common situation in
school. This kind of abuse was secondary school. This kind of
commonly committed by abuse was commonly committed
students towards their peers. by students towards their
With the literature about this classmates. With the literature
matter, little less has been about this matter, little less has
conducted about the manner been conducted about the
novice teachers handle verbal manner new teachers handle
bullying incidents. Thus, this verbal bullying incidents. Thus,
phenomenological study this phenomenological study
investigated the practices of investigated the practices of
novice teachers in handling novice teachers in handling
bullying in a middle school. bullying in a secondary school.
From the research titled, “The Die is Cast:
Experiences of Novice Teachers in Handling
Verbal Bullying Incidents in a Middle School”
written by Dexter V. Fernandez, MAED. and
Arnel T. Sicat, Ph.D.

4. Accidental Plagiarism. This is committed when unintentionally neglected to cite

a source or quoted by using similar words or sentence structure. This can be
avoided through responsible writing and running your work in an initial plagiarism
test available in internet (Learning Services Writing Center, 2018).

What’s More

Choose the letter of the best answer.

1. Reading works of others to gather information for your research.

a. direct plagiarism
b. mosaic plagiarism
c. self-plagiarism
2. Making use of others’ articles to support your own ideas.
a. direct plagiarism

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 b. mosaic plagiarism
c. self-plagiarism

3. Using the same essay, you wrote for one assignment and handing it to your
teacher.
a. direct plagiarism
b. self-plagiarism
c. accidental plagiarism
4. Taking a large block of text from a source and changing one or two words.
a. direct plagiarism
b. mosaic plagiarism
c. accidental plagiarism
5. Copying a diagram from a website and including it in your paper without
citation
a. direct plagiarism
b. mosaic plagiarism
c. accidental plagiarism

What I Have Learned

In this lesson, you have learned the

four (4) types of plagiarism. These are direct plagiarism, self-plagiarism, mosaic
plagiarism, and accidental plagiarism. Direct plagiarism is committed when you
copy word-for-word a section of others works without quotation marks. On the
other hand, self-plagiarism is committed when you mix your previous works to
come up with a new article without proper citation and permission to the teacher
you previously submitted the work. Next is the mosaic plagiarism. It is done when
some takes phrases from a source without using quotation marks or citation and
just looks for synonyms to the authors’ words. Lastly, accidental plagiarism is
committed when unintentionally neglected to cite a source or quoted by using
similar words or sentence structure. Now that you are aware of these types of
plagiarism, you need to avoid them in your writing by using proper citation.

What I Can Do

Write T if the statement is true but if it is false, underline what makes it

wrong.

1. _______ Self-plagiarism happens when you buy a paper from a student in

another section then submit it to your teacher.

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 2. _______ Mosaic plagiarism happens when you are having problems with
the paper so you resulted to ask a friend to help you out by copying all his
work.
3. _______ Direct plagiarism happens when you are having problems with the
language of an essay because the sentences are so complex. So, you use
sentences from the essay without using quotation marks.
4. _______ Accidental plagiarism happens when you fix a number of other
students’ errors and make it as your own.
5. _______ Mosaic plagiarism happens when you get parcels of other work
and paste them as one article.

Assessment

Choose the letter of the best answer.

1. _______ You borrow an essay made 6. _______ You have read an idea that
by your best friend and then submit you really like and put it in your own
it as your own work. essay.
2. direct plagiarism_______ You borrow a. direct plagiarism
an essay made by your best friend b. mosaic plagiarism
and then submit it as your own c. accidental plagiarism
work. 7. _______ You have unintentionally
a. direct plagiarism come up with sentence related to
b. mosaic plagiarism others.
c. accidental plagiarism a. direct plagiarism
3. _______ You hand in an essay for one b. mosaic plagiarism
subject that you have already c. accidental plagiarism
submitted for another. 8. _______ You hand in an essay where
a. direct plagiarism almost every line is copied.
b. mosaic plagiarism a. direct plagiarism
c. accidental plagiarism b. mosaic plagiarism
4. _______ You download an article from c. accidental plagiarism
the internet and submit it to your 9. _______ You find a great source for
teacher. research on the internet then put it
a. direct plagiarism on your essay.
b. mosaic plagiarism a. direct plagiarism
c. accidental plagiarism b. mosaic plagiarism
5. _______ You copy down exact c. accidental plagiarism
sentences or paragraphs from 10. _______ Taking information from an
others’ work. outside source and presenting it as
a. direct plagiarism your own.
b. mosaic plagiarism a. direct plagiarism
c. accidental plagiarism b. mosaic plagiarism
c. accidental plagiarism

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 Additional Activities

List ten (10) words that you see in the box that are related to plagiarism.

S Y N O N Y M S O N R D I
I M O S A I C G A T I I N
C I T A T I O N O D Q R Q
C R E D I T L M N A R E U
A C C I D E N T A L E C O
S T R U C T U R E A D T T
C E R C O P I E D L E M E
P L A G I A R I Z E D T E

1. ______________________________ 6. _________________________________
2. ______________________________ 7. _________________________________
3. ______________________________ 8. _________________________________
4. ______________________________ 9. _________________________________
5. ______________________________ 10. _________________________________

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Lesson
Proper Paraphrasing
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Paraphrasing is the answer for us not to fall to any type of plagiarism
(Wallwork, 2011). However, this needs your attention to learn the competencies in
achieving proper paraphrasing. Careful reading, in-depth comprehension, and good
writing are the skills you need to improve for you to come up with good
paraphrased sentences.

What’s In

Modified True/False. Write T if the statement is true and underline what

makes it wrong if it is false.

1. _______ Direct plagiarism happens when you have read an idea that you
really like and put it in your own essay.
2. _______ Self-plagiarism happens when you have unintentionally come up
with sentence related to others.
3. _______ Mosaic plagiarism happens when you hand in an essay where
almost every line is copied.
4. _______ Accident plagiarism happens when you find a great source for
research on the internet then put it on your essay.
5. _______ Accident plagiarism happens when information from an outside
was unintentionally the same.

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 Notes to the Teacher
This module prepares the students to make their own literature
review by knowing the types of plagiarism, paraphrasing, APA 6th
edition in-text, and reference citation style in presenting written
review of literature.

What’s New

Is there anything wrong with the action of Nonoy? Well, he misinterpreted

what his Nanay told him. He thought that doing something productive was the
same as doing what he liked the most. If you are going to paraphrase what his
Nanay told him, would you think he might understand it? Let us do paraphrasing!

What is It

The big question now is how to paraphrase? There is no perfect way of

paraphrasing a sentence or paragraph. It is because it will depend on the manner

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you understand what you have read. So, what you need is a better understanding.
Below is the suggested way for you to come up with good paraphrasing.

Five (5) ways to paraphrase

1. Take time to read. Careful reading of the text enables you to grasp the
meaning of the sentence you are going to paraphrase. It is recommended to read it
three times or even more. This is to give you enough time to comprehend the
meaning of what you are reading (University of New England, 2020).

2. Take note of the key points. This is done through highlighting or listing the
points or ideas presented in the text that you are reading. Through this, you will
see the things that the author wanted to impart in his or her write ups. However,
for you as a reader, those will also be the bases on how you will explain the ideas
that were presented (Chi & Nguyen, 2017).
3. Rewrite what you have read but use your own words. Rewriting what you
have read does not mean you will just copy it. Nevertheless, you are going to write
what you have read based from what you have understood from it. However, you
need to be careful not to eliminate the ideas of what you have paraphrased
(Oshima, 1999).
4. Compare what you have written with the original text. Through this, you
may be able to see the similarities and difference between the original text and
what you have paraphrased. You need to remember that the paraphrased sentence
or paragraph has structural difference from the original even the choice of words.
However, the thought presented in the original text must not be different from the
paraphrased text.
5. Make citation. There are so many citation styles available to you. But, always
refer back to what is prescribed to you by the organization or institution you are
writing. If they prescribe you to use a particular citation style, then you need to
follow that standard. For example, many colleges and universities in the Philippines
use American Psychological Association (APA) 6th edition citation style. On the other
hand, in the Department of Education (DepED), they use DepED Manual of Style
and Chicago Manual of Style.
Let us paraphrase these writings.
Original

The occurrence of verbal bullying was a typical scenario in middle school.

This kind of abuse was commonly committed by students towards their
peers.

Paraphrase

Verbal bullying is common in high school. Students usually commit this

towards their classmates.

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Another example

Original

The interview was directed to the five (5) novice teachers who were
identified through criterion sampling.

Paraphrase

Five (5) new teachers are chosen to be participants through criterion

sampling.

What’s More

Paraphrase the following statements. Choose the letter of the best answer.

1. _________ The minister and his aides drove away from the fraught meeting with
a perceptible air of relief.
a. The minister and his aides drove away from the difficult meeting with
a perceptible air of relief.
b. The minster and his aides left the fraught meeting with a perceptible
air of relief.
c. The minister and his aides left the difficult meeting with an air of
relief.
2. _________ The ghost of Banquo has entered and sat in Macbeth's place at the
table. Macbeth: The table's full. Lenox: Here is a place reserv'd, sir. Macbeth:
Where? Lenox: Here, my good lord. What is't that moves your highness? -
Macbeth: Which of you have done this? Lords: What, my good lord? Macbeth:
Thou canst not say, I did it: never shake thy gory locks at me. From Macbeth,
by William Shakespeare.
a. Macbeth asks which of you has done this and says never shake
your gory locks at me.
b. Macbeth is shocked and frightened by the appearance of Banquo's
ghost at his table.
c. Which of the lords has played a trick on Macbeth? The table's full
and there's no room.
3. _________ Before making their permanent move to France, the couple spent
three years learning the language.
a. The couple studied French before relocating to France.
b. Before making a permanent move to France, the couple spent three
years learning French.
c. Before moving permanently to France, the couple learned the
language.
4. _________ 'I'm thinking about you. What else can I say?
The palm trees on the reverse
are a delusion; so is the pink sand.

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 What we have are the usual
fractured coke bottles and the smell
of backed-up drains, too sweet,
like a mango on the verge
of rot, which we have also.'
From 'Postcards', by Margaret Atwood.
a. The narrator describes the holiday scene, which is exactly like a
beautiful postcard.
b. The narrator expresses the disappointment felt when a holiday does
not match expectations.
c. The narrator has nothing to say.
5. _________ 'I think you are tongue-tied," said Scully finally to his son, the cowboy,
and the Easterner; and at the end of this scornful sentence he left the room.' -
From Stephen Crane's short story, The Blue Hotel.
a. Scully tells his son, the cowboy and the Easterner that they are
tongue-tied, then he leaves the room.
b. Scully says I think you are tongue-tied to his son, the cowboy and
the Easterner, then leaves the room.
c. Scully is angry with everyone.
Adopted from https://www.educationquizzes.com/gcse/english/paraphrasing/

What I Have Learned

In this lesson, you have learned the process of paraphrasing. These are: take
time to read, take note of the key points, rewrite what you have read but use your
own words, compare what you have written with the original text, and make
citations.

What I Can Do

Paraphrase the following statements by choosing the letter of the best

answer.

1. _________ 'By that time I was shrieking. Jem yanked my hair, said he didn't
care, he'd do it again if he got a chance, and if I didn't shut up he'd pull every
hair out of my head. I didn't shut up and he kicked me. I lost my balance and
fell on my face. Jem picked me up roughly but looked like he was sorry.' - From
To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
a. I was shrieking. Jem pulled my hair. He said he didn't care. He said
he'd do it again

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 b. Jem and Scout fought viciously, but when Scout was hurt, Jem felt
apologetic
c. Scout was shrieking. Jem pulled her hair. He said he didn't care. He
said he'd do it again
2. _________ 'Quietly the Brother Officer went out.
He'd told the poor old dear some gallant lies
That she would nourish all her days, no doubt.
For while he coughed and mumbled, her weak eyes
Had shone with gentle triumph, brimmed with joy,
Because he'd been so brave, her glorious boy.'
- From Siegfried Sassoon's poem, 'The Hero'.
a. The officer coughs and mumbles and tells some gallant lies
b. The dead soldier, her glorious, dear boy, had been so brave
c. The officer takes pity on the bereaved mother by allowing her to
remember her son as courageous

3. _________ 'My little horse must think it queer / To stop without a farmhouse
near / Between the woods and frozen lake / The darkest evening of the year.' -
From Robert Frost's poem, 'Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening'.
a. The narrator's little horse thinks he's strange for stopping on the
darkest evening of the year
b. The narrator's little horse is wondering where the nearest farmhouse
is
c. The narrator is afraid of the dark woods and is wondering where the
nearest farmhouse is
4. _________ 'Curley's fist was swinging when Lennie reached for it. The next
minute Curley was flopping like a fish on a line, and his closed fist was lost in
Lennie's big hand. George ran down the room. "Leggo of him, Lennie. Let go."' -
From Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck.
a. Curley was flopping like a fish because Lennie swung for his hand
until George said let go
b. Curley, who provoked the fight, turned out to be no match for Lennie,
who only stopped when ordered to do so
c. Lennie reached for Curley and closed his fist in his big hand. George
made him let go
5. _________ Line-drying the washing is better for the environment than using a
tumble dryer.
a. Drying clothes outdoors is more environmentally-friendly than tumble
drying
b. Line-drying the washing is good for the environment, unlike using a
tumble dryer
c. Line-drying the washing is good for the environment, unlike tumble
drying
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Choose the letter of the best answer.

1. ______ Fatima is worried about passing the very difficult test.

a. Fatima is very worried.
b. Receiving a passing grade on the difficult exam concerned Fatima.
c. Fatima was worried about receiving good marks on the test, which was very
hard.
2. ______There are three crucial issues to understanding the possible uses of the
human genome.
a. Understanding potential uses of the human genome is linked to three vital
issues.
b. Three things are especially crucial to understanding the possible uses of the
human genome.
c. The issue is crucial in understanding human genome.
3. ______While most of the people are conscious of such medical possibilities, they
are less conscious of the very fact that genes also can uncover an excellent deal
about humankind's history and culture.
a. Most people know that genes are linked to potential medical advances.
However, what they are doing not realize is genes also can tell us a few
society and its past.
b. Many persons are aware of such medical possibilities, but they are less
knowledgeable about people's history and culture.
c. Most people are aware of medical possibilities.
4. ______It was on June 26 when the great leader Francis Collins and Craig Venter
announced that that they had completed the reading of a "rough draft" of the
human genome - the entire set of human DNA.
a. It was announced by two researched that they had read the first reading of
the complete set of human DNA.
b. On June 26 two scientists stated they had finished the initial reading of the
human genome.
c. Human DNA is important.
5. ______The fact that adult Europeans are twice as likely as Asians to tolerate
lactose in milk reflects a way longer history of dairying within the West.
a. Twice as few Asians can tolerate lactose in milk. However, the Europeans,
who have an extended history of dairying, can better tolerate the lactose.
b. Europeans have an inability to tolerate lactose in dairy products such as
milk.
c. Asians are tolerant to lactose.
6. ______It is not ethical to cheat on tests.
a. moral
b. okay
c. immoral
7. ______He felt uneasy, but he didn't know why.
a. anxious
b. fearful
c. afraid

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8. ______Eyes pained by dust secrete a lot of tears.
a. pain
b. hurt
c. irritated
9. ______The cell was so distorted that it had been extremely abnormal “looking”.
a. grotesque
b. posture
c. deranged
10. ______There is tons of moisture within the air.
a. hotness
b. wetness
c. humidity
d. none of the above
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Additional Activities

List ten (10) words that you see in the box related to paraphrasing.

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