ANSWERS GRADED A+
● Reading Critically. Answer: Engaging actively with a text by questioning evaluating and
analyzing it
● Active Reading. Answer: Reading with full engagement annotation and questioning rather
than passive receipt
● Annotation. Answer: Adding notes comments and questions to a text while reading
● Summary. Answer: Concise restatement of a text's main points in the reader's own words
● Paraphrase. Answer: Restating a source's idea in the writer's own words and sentence
structure
● Quotation. Answer: Exact reproduction of an author's words within quotation marks
● Introducing a Quote. Answer: Providing context before a direct quotation with a signal
phrase
● Plagiarism. Answer: Presenting another person's work or ideas as one's own without
proper attribution
● Academic Integrity. Answer: Honest ethical conduct in all academic work
● Citation. Answer: Formal acknowledgment of a source used in academic writing
● Reference. Answer: Source listed at the end of a paper providing full publication details
● APA Format. Answer: American Psychological Association citation and formatting style
● MLA Format. Answer: Modern Language Association citation style common in humanities
● Primary Source. Answer: Original firsthand material such as original research literary texts
or historical documents
● Secondary Source. Answer: Analysis interpretation or commentary on primary sources
● Credibility. Answer: The trustworthiness and reliability of a source